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	==Life==		==Life==
	The sixth son of [[Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby]], Stanley was educated at Wellington and at Woolwich. In 1903 he married [[Lady Beatrix Stanley\|Lady Beatrix Taylour]], youngest daughter of the [[Thomas Taylour, 3rd Marquess of Headfort\|3rd Marquess of Headfort]]. He was the grandson of [[Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby\|Edward Smith-Stanley]], the former British Prime Minister.		The sixth son of [[Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby]], Stanley was educated at [[Wellington College, Berkshire\|Wellington College]] and at the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]]. In 1903 he married [[Lady Beatrix Stanley\|Lady Beatrix Taylour]], youngest daughter of the [[Thomas Taylour, 3rd Marquess of Headfort\|3rd Marquess of Headfort]]. He was the grandson of [[Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby\|Edward Smith-Stanley]], the former British Prime Minister.

	He entered the [[Royal Horse Artillery]] in 1893 and was promoted to Captain in 1900. He served in the [[Second Boer War]] in 1899–1900 and was Adjutant with the [[Honourable Artillery Company]] from 1904 to 1909. He later served in [[World War I]] and was mentioned in despatches and awarded the [[Order of St Michael and St George\|CMG]] in 1916.		He entered the [[Royal Horse Artillery]] in 1893 and was promoted to Captain in 1900. He served in the [[Second Boer War]] in 1899–1900 and was Adjutant with the [[Honourable Artillery Company]] from 1904 to 1909. He later served in [[World War I]] and was mentioned in despatches and awarded the [[Order of St Michael and St George\|CMG]] in 1916.

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| honorific-prefix = [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-Colonel]] [[The Right Honourable]]
| name = Sir George Frederick Stanley
| honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCSI|GCIE|CMG}}
| image =George_F_Stanley.jpg
| caption =
| order1 = [[Governor of Madras]]
| term_start1 = 11 November 1929
| term_end1 = 16 May 1934
| predecessor1 = [[Sir Norman Marjoribanks]] (acting)
| successor1 = [[Mohammad Usman of Madras]] (acting)
| governor-general1=
| term_start2 = 15 August 1934
| term_end2 = 16 November 1934
| predecessor2 = [[Mohammad Usman of Madras]] (acting)
| successor2 = [[John Erskine, Lord Erskine]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1872|10|14}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1938|07|01|1872|10|14}}
| death_place = [[United Kingdom]]
| nationality = British
| party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]
| religion =
| alma_mater =
| profession =
| occupation =
| spouse = [[Lady Beatrix Stanley|Lady Beatrix Taylour]]
| parents = [[Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby]]<br />Lady Constance Villiers
}}

'''Sir George Frederick Stanley''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCSI|GCIE|CMG}} (14 October 1872 – 1 July 1938) was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician who served as a member of the UK Parliament for Preston and later, Willesden East. He also served the Governor of Madras from 1929 to 1934 and as Acting Viceroy of India in 1934.

==Life==
The sixth son of [[Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby]], Stanley was educated at Wellington and at Woolwich. In 1903 he married [[Lady Beatrix Stanley|Lady Beatrix Taylour]], youngest daughter of the [[Thomas Taylour, 3rd Marquess of Headfort|3rd Marquess of Headfort]]. He was the grandson of [[Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby|Edward Smith-Stanley]], the former British Prime Minister.

He entered the [[Royal Horse Artillery]] in 1893 and was promoted to Captain in 1900. He served in the [[Second Boer War]] in 1899–1900 and was Adjutant with the [[Honourable Artillery Company]] from 1904 to 1909. He later served in [[World War I]] and was mentioned in despatches and awarded the [[Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]] in 1916.

He was [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] Member of Parliament for [[Preston (UK Parliament constituency)|Preston]] from 1910 to 1922 and for [[Willesden East (UK Parliament constituency)|Willesden East]] from 1924 to 1929.

He held office as [[Comptroller of the Household]] from 1919 until 1921, as [[Financial Secretary to the War Office]] from 1921 to 1922, Parliamentary [[Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department]] from 1922 to 1923, [[Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions]] from 1924 to 1929. He was [[Governor of Madras]] from 1929 to 1934.

He was appointed a [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Counsellor]] in 1927 and made a [[Order of the Indian Empire|Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] (GCIE) in 1929 and a [[Order of the Star of India|Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India]] in 1934.

== As Governor of Madras ==
[[File:Sir George Frederick Stanley.jpg|thumb|right|Portrait by [[Oswald Birley]]]]
Stanley was appointed Governor of Madras on 26{{nbsp}}October 1929 at an annual salary of {{INR}} 1,20,000.<ref name="statesmanyearbookp162">{{cite book|title=The Statesman's Yearbook, Volume 20|year=1933|pages=162|authors=Frederick Martin, Sir John Scott Keltie, Isaac Parker Anderson Renwick, Mortimer Epstein, Sigfrid Henry Steinberg, John Paxton|publisher =St. Martin's Press}}</ref> He arrived in India and took over as governor on 12{{nbsp}}November 1929.<ref name="indiaofficelistp43">{{cite book|title=The India office and Burma office list|pages=43|year=1931|publisher=India Office}}</ref>

Stanley assumed the governorate at a critical juncture. The [[Great Depression]] had just begun and the economy was deteriorating. The Premier [[P. Subbarayan]] resigned after the 1930 elections when his party was voted out. The [[Swaraj Party]] boycotted the elections as a part of the [[Civil Disobedience Movement]] and the [[Justice Party (India)|Justice Party]] was voted to power in the 1930 and 1934 elections. [[B. Munuswamy Naidu]] served as Premier from 1930 to 1932 but he had to resign in 1932 due to the strong opposition of landowning elements in the party. Naidu was succeeded by [[Ramakrishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili]] whose administration soon became notorious for mis-governance.

During his tenure as governor, Stanley was responsible for implementing the [[Mettur Dam]] across the [[Kaveri River]].<ref name="metturp151">[[#Mettur Project|Mettur Project]], pp 151</ref><ref name="metturp153">[[#Mettur Project|Mettur Project]], pp 153</ref><ref name="metturp479">[[#Mettur Project|Mettur Project]], pp 479</ref> The project's inauguration on 21{{nbsp}}August 1934, was attended by people from all parts of the Presidency.<ref name="metturp151" /><ref name="metturp153" /> The reservoir created by the Dam was named [[Stanley Reservoir]] in his honour. On 17{{nbsp}}January 1930, Stanley laid the foundation stone of a Gaudiya Math and a temple at [[Royapettah]], [[Madras]].<ref name="gaudiyap86">{{cite book|title=Renaissance of Gaudiya Vaishnava movement|publisher=Sri Gaudiya Math|pages=86|year=1978}}</ref> The first service of the Madras sub-urban line of the South Indian Railway Company was flagged off by Stanley from [[Chennai Beach]] railway station on 2{{nbsp}}April 1931.<ref name="muthiahp322">[[#Muthiah|Muthiah]], pp 322</ref> In 1933, Stanley inaugurated the five-year medicine and surgery diploma course at the Royapuram Medical College. On 2{{nbsp}}July 1938, the school was renamed [[Stanley Medical College]] in his honour. In 1931, he had received [[Ignatius Elias III]], the Patriarch of Antioch on his way to [[Kerala|Malankara]].

==Commemoration==
The Government [[Stanley Medical College]] in Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India is named in memory of Stanley. The Diploma in Medicine and Surgery program was inaugurated here in 1933 by Stanley when he was the Governor of Madras. The college formerly known as Royapuram Medical School was renamed Stanley Medical School on 27 March 1934 in his honour. It was renamed to Stanley Medical College in 1938.

== Notes==

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== References ==

* {{cite book|title=History of the Cauvery-Mettur Project|authors=C. G. Barbar, A. Mohanakrishnan|publisher=Central Board of Irrigation & Power|year=1987|ref=Mettur Project}}
* {{cite book | title=Madras Rediscovered| last=Muthiah| first=S.|authorlink=S. Muthiah |year=2004| publisher=East West Books (Madras) Pvt Ltd| isbn=81-88661-24-4|ref=Muthiah}}

== External links ==
* {{Hansard-contribs | lieut-colonel-george-stanley | George Stanley }}

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| with = [[Alfred Tobin]] 1910–1915
| with2 = [[Urban H. Broughton]] 1915–1918
| with3 = [[Tom Shaw (politician)|Tom Shaw]] 1918–1922
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