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Born in Dublin in 1760, Stanley was baptised at [[St Werburgh's Church, Dublin]],<ref>St Werburgh's parish records, Representative Church Body Library, Braemar Park, Dublin</ref> a parish situated next to [[Dublin Castle]] attended by the [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] and members of the court . He was the son of James Stanley, an [[attorney-at-law|attorney]], and his wife Jane Kelly, and grandson of Edward Stanley of Low Park, [[County Roscommon]], the head of a colonial, [[Protestant Ascendancy]] family. He entered [[Trinity College Dublin]] in 1773, aged thirteen years old, was a [[scholar]] in 1777 and graduated [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in 1778.<ref>Alumni Dubliniensis, Record of Trinity College Dublin</ref> He entered the [[King's Inns]] where he was called to the Irish Bar, and the [[Inner Temple]] in London, and became a [[bencher]] of the King's Inns in 1789.<ref>King's Inns Admission Papers 1607-1867</ref> | Born in Dublin in 1760, Stanley was baptised at [[St Werburgh's Church, Dublin]],<ref>St Werburgh's parish records, Representative Church Body Library, Braemar Park, Dublin</ref> a parish situated next to [[Dublin Castle]] attended by the [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] and members of the court . He was the son of James Stanley, an [[attorney-at-law|attorney]], and his wife Jane Kelly, and grandson of Edward Stanley of Low Park, [[County Roscommon]], the head of a colonial, [[Protestant Ascendancy]] family. He entered [[Trinity College Dublin]] in 1773, aged thirteen years old, was a [[scholar]] in 1777 and graduated [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in 1778.<ref>Alumni Dubliniensis, Record of Trinity College Dublin</ref> He entered the [[King's Inns]] where he was called to the Irish Bar, and the [[Inner Temple]] in London, and became a [[bencher]] of the King's Inns in 1789.<ref>King's Inns Admission Papers 1607-1867</ref> | ||
In 1786 he married Jane Talbot, daughter of the Reverend John Talbot of Mount Talbot, County Roscommon. They had one daughter Mary Anne who married Captain Edward Trant Bontein in 1815. The marriage caused a considerable scandal as the couple [[eloped]] to [[Gretna Green]] when the bride was only 14; the groom, a widower, was 29. | In 1786 he married Jane Talbot, daughter of the Reverend John Talbot of Mount Talbot, County Roscommon and his first wife Elizabeth Rose. They had one daughter Mary Anne who married Captain Edward Trant Bontein in 1815. The marriage caused a considerable scandal as the couple [[eloped]] to [[Gretna Green]] when the bride was only 14; the groom, a widower, was 29. | ||
==Political career == | ==Political career == | ||