He was a member of the Rideau Hall Rebels, one of the first ice hockey teams in Canada, and played alongside his older brother Edward (later 17th Earl of Derby).

The family returned to England in 1893 and Stanley was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ormskirk in 1898, a position he held until 1918.

He was Provincial Grand Master of the Isle of Man Freemasons from 1902 to 1912 and had a Lodge named in his honour, he was also Chairman of the Royal Automobile Club from 1905 to 1907 and from 1912 to 1936 and Treasurer of St Thomas' Hospital from 1917 to 1943.

[5] Through his work for the British Red Cross and as an MP during the First World War, Stanley was aware of the challenge to find well-trained nurses.

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