Alice Stanley, Countess of Derby


Alice Maud Olivia Stanley, Countess of Derby was born the daughter of the 7th Duke of Manchester and his wife, Countess Louise von Alten.

Marriage

On 5 January 1889, she married Lord Stanley of Bickerstaffe. Lord Stanley succeeded to his father's title of Earl of Derby in 1908, whereupon she became Countess of Derby. They had two sons and one daughter. From 1901 to 1910, Alice was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Alexandra.
In August 1901, Lady Stanley named the battleship HMS Exmouth, built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead. In April 1913 the Countess also had the honor of christening the newest and largest Cunard Company steamship, The RMS Aquitania, at Clydebank, Scotland.