Standish family

The Standish family is an ancient English feudal manorial family and one of the oldest Anglo-Norman noble lineages. This Norman-roots family has been settled in Lancashire from the Conquest of England in 1066. The known history of the Standish family begins at the end of the twelfth century.

Lords of the Manor of Standish

Portrait of Thomas Strickland Standish (1763-1813)
by Joseph Allen.
Henry Noailles Widdrington Standish, Lord of the manor of Standish, and his brothers in arms in the château de Montjoye (Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines), during the First World War (1915).

The ancestors of the Standish family lived at Standish, a parish (St. Wilfrid) in the unions of Wigan and Chorley. According to the English historian John Whitaker, Standish, anciently Stanedich, was one of the twelve considerable towns in the south of Lancashire. Of the castle of Standish (a former fortified castle erected by the Saxons), however, there are no remains, nor can its site even be ascertained. Furthermore, it is not known whether the Standish family's progenitors gave their name to the parish, or received it from the castle.

Members of the Standish family, who were Lords of the Manor of Standish (Standish Hall, a large brick mansion, long the seat of the Standish family) and custodians of the Standish estates in Lancashire, are listed below.[1][2]

Cecil Marie Roger Widdrington Standish of Standish (1852-1891), brother of Henry Standish, Esq.
Lordish Personage Notes
1202?-1220 Radulphus de Stanedis first Lord of the Manor
1220-1240 Alexander de Standedis
1240-1246 Radulphus de Standish (II)
1246-? Edmund de Standish son of Radulphus
?-1270? Hugh de Standish son of Radulphus
1270?-1290 Jordan de Standish son of Radulphus
1290-1296 Radulphus de Standish (III)
1296-1326 William de Standish
1326-1353 John de Standish
1353-1396 Henry de Standish
1396-1418 Ralph de Standish (IV)
1418-1434 Lawrence de Standish
1434-1445 Alexander de Standish (II)
1445-1468 Ralph Standish (V)
1468-1507 Alexander Standish (III)
1507-1538 Ralph Standish (VI)
1538-1539 Alexander Standish (IV)
1539-1546 Ralph Standish (VII) under Wardship
1547-1610 Edward Standish under Wardship 1547-1551
1610-1656 Ralph Standish (VIII)
1656-1682 Edward Standish (II)
1682-1705 William Standish (II)
1705-1755 Ralph Standish (IX) last male-line heir
1755-1778 Cecilia Towneley, née Standish granddaughter of Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk
1778-1807 Edward Towneley Standish, né Towneley son of Cecilia Standish and William Towneley (himself grandson of William Widdrington, 3rd Baron Widdrington). This elder brother was Charles Townley
1807-1813 Thomas Strickland Standish, né Strickland maternal nephew of Edward Towneley Standish
1813-1863 Charles Strickland Standish
1863-1883 Charles Henry Lionel Widdrington Standish m.(1) 1846 Sabine de Noailles, daughter of Just de Noailles, Prince of Poix and Duke of Mouchy (2) 1870 Louise Florence Courteille
1883-1920 Henry Noailles Widdrington Standish last Lord of the Manor,
m. 1870 Hélène de Pérusse des Cars, granddaughter of Amédée de Pérusse des Cars, Duke of Cars (no children)

Other family members

Radulphus de Stanedis, of Duxbury Manor (a Lancashire squire at the beginning of the 13th century).[3]

See also

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References

  1. ^ Ralph de Standish Sheriff of Lancashire
  2. ^ Sir Ralph de Standish (Knighted by Richard II) 1344-1415
  3. ^ Standish Family of Duxbury