Sir John Stanley, 1st Baronet

Sir John Stanley, 1st Baronet (1663 – 30 November 1744) of Grangegorman, Co. Dublin was an Irish politician.

Stanley was born in Tickencor, County Waterford, the son of Sir Thomas Stanley of Grangegorman, Dublin and his wife, Jane Borrowes and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.

[2] He married Ann Granville (d.1730), a daughter of Bernard Granville (1631-1701) of Birdcage Walk, Westminster, and Apps Court, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, a courtier, Gentleman of the Horse and Groom of the Bedchamber to King Charles II,[3] and a Member of Parliament for several Cornish constituencies, and younger brother of John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, who played an important role in effecting the Restoration of the Monarchy.

Mary Delany was the niece of Ann Granville and lived with them at Whitehall from the ages of 8 to 15.

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