James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby PC (3 July 1664 – 1 February 1736), styled The Honourable until 1702, was a British peer, soldier and politician.

Having served in the Anglo-Dutch Brigade with William III in Holland and Flanders (1686–88), he was commissioned as a captain and Lieutenant-Colonel in the 1st Foot Guards on 11 April 1689.

[1] Derby was admitted to the Privy Council in 1706 and appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, a position he retained until 1710, and was later Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1715 to 1723.

In February 1705 he married Mary Morley, only daughter of Sir William Morley of Halnaker and his second wife Anne Denham, daughter of the celebrated poet Sir John Denham and his first wife Anne Cotton.

The barony of Strange and lordship of the Isle of Man ('Lord of Mann') passed on to his first cousin once removed, James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl (His grand-mother was Amelia Stanley).