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These, and his closeness to successive royal families – whom he could count amongst his kith and kin by several different connections – made him a figure of great power and influence.

It’s been a bigger-than-usual year for Lord Stanley’s vaunted chalice. The cup has had stays in Russia, Japan, and Switzerland.

This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. By requiring its players to be able to skate like the wind, on ice, on razor sharp, eighth-of-an-inch thick metal blades. As familial legacies go, Stanley figures his connection to one of the most iconic sporting trophies on the planet beats plenty of alternatives. At the same time, his father's prominence in the king's household had provided him with an early introduction to court where he was named among the squires of Henry VI in 1454. In the late 1460s, however, the coalition that had brought the Yorkist Edward to the throne was fracturing and Stanley found his loyalties divided once again. The Montreal Canadiens’ Henri Richard has his name on the cup ten times. "In his will of 28 July 1504 he ordained masses for the souls of himself, his wives, parents, ancestors, children, siblings, and, ever the good lord, 'them that have died in the service of my lord my father or of me'”.[1][8]. They say they won the Stanley Cup. Manchester University Press, 1983. { Although the king for the early part of his career, Henry VI, was head of the House of Lancaster, Stanley's marriage to Eleanor, daughter of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (a descendant of Edward III) and sister of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick ('Warwick the Kingmaker') in the late 1450s constituted a powerful alliance with the House of York. A baby was baptized in it.

"The dramatic shifts in political fortune between 1469 and 1471, and their impact on the tangled networks of affinity and allegiance, are hard to unravel". “Great leaders winning wars have often caused despair among many. Editorial standards This is where it becomes clear that hockey, although it’s prominent in the family story arc, isn’t necessarily coursing through the Stanley bloodstream. John Stanley, eldest son and heir apparent, died young.

His title, he points out, is not a signifier of authority, only a vestige of a decidedly less contemporary society. “I love talking about (the Stanley Cup) because it’s an incredible piece of history to be a part of,” Stanley said. ORDER DELIVERY. To put this situation in hockey terms, this was the Maple Leafs nursing a one-goal lead in the final minutes of Game 7 of a Stanley Cup final. I’ve had a number of injuries to my neck and shoulder, ligaments and knees … I’m technically still vice-captain of my college rugby team, but I put my shoulder out again just after being appointed, so I haven’t managed to play yet.”.

Current Page: Home Menus Wine Club + Gift Cards Photos Location Lord Jiu's Login Account . He held the Garter around the leg of Prince William during his installation as … Hockey players just don’t have as much fun making up. His eldest son Thomas Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley, married Lady Margaret Beaufort, the mother of King Henry VII, and also Eleanor Nevill. “Ice hockey looks like a very violent sport, which I quite enjoy being a rugby player myself,” he said, reeling off a laundry list of injuries that have, over his years at Oxford and elite boarding school Eton College, chronically limited his match readiness.

His brother, Sir William Stanley, who was certainly in the Yorkist army was subsequently attainted. As Constable (originally a position which constituted command of the royal armies), Stanley was formally responsible for anyone who entered or left the Tower[5] – then the most secure of royal palaces.

In 1459, an accord between the Lancastrian and the Yorkist lords broke down, and the conflict lapped at the borders of the Stanleys' sphere of influence. Is there any connection?’” Stanley was saying over the phone from Oxford recently. But the Stanley Cup has only brought joy to a lot of people.”. It often ends up in the local town hall, pub, Legion Hall, library or the player’s living room. This page was last edited on 27 October 2020, at 21:47. Frederick Arthur Stanley was the second son of Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby and prime minister of the United Kingdom in 1852, 1858–59 and 1866–68, and Emma Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham, the daughter of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale and Member of Parliament. All our TACO Tuesdays + FISH & CHIP Fridays !!! Only instead of Toronto aiming to vanquish a half-century-plus championship drought, Australia was attempting to end a family’s 81-year absence from a particular winner’s circle.