Born: 1350.
Place of Birth: Lancashire.
Died: 1414, Ardee, County Louth Ireland. Buried, Burscough Priory near Ormskirk, Lancashire.
Parents: Sir William de Stanley and Alice Massey.
Marriages: Isabel Lathom, daughter of Sir William of Stourton.
Children: Sir John Stanley, died 1437, Henry Stanley, Thomas Stanley and Ralph.
Occupation: Knight of the Garter.
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Justicar of Ireland, Justice of Chester, Controller of the Royal Household, Stewart of the Househaold to the Prince of Wales, Givenor of the City and County of Cheshire and Stewart of Macclesfield.
He was granted the Isle, Castle, Peel and Lordship of Mann, by King Henry IV of England. Sovereign Lord of the Isle of Man in 1406. Constable of Winsor Castle in 1409 and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (second term) 1413 to his death in 1414.