The Standish family is an ancient English feudal manorial family and one of the oldest Anglo-Norman noble lineages. This Norman-roots family has been settled in Lancashire from the Conquest of England in 1066. The known history of the Standish family begins at the end of the twelfth century.

Lords of the Manor of Standish

Portrait of Thomas Strickland Standish (1763-1813)
by Joseph Allen.
Henry Noailles Widdrington Standish, Lord of the manor of Standish, and his brothers in arms in the château de Montjoye (Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines), during the First World War (1915).
Cecil Marie Roger Widdrington Standish of Standish (1852-1891), brother of Henry Standish, Esq.

The ancestors of the Standish family lived at Standish, a parish (St. Wilfrid) in the unions of Wigan and Chorley. According to the English historian John Whitaker, Standish, anciently Stanedich, was one of the twelve considerable towns in the south of Lancashire. Of the castle of Standish (a former fortified castle erected by the Saxons), however, there are no remains, nor can its site even be ascertained. Furthermore, it is not known whether the Standish family's progenitors gave their name to the parish, or received it from the castle.

Members of the Standish family, who were Lords of the Manor of Standish (Standish Hall, a large brick mansion, long the seat of the Standish family) and custodians of the Standish estates in Lancashire, are listed below.[1][2]

LordishPersonageNotes
1202?-1220Radulphus de Stanedisfirst Lord of the Manor
1220-1240Alexander de Standedis
1240-1246Radulphus de Standish (II)
1246-?Edmund de Standishson of Radulphus
 ?-1270?Hugh de Standishson of Radulphus
1270?-1290Jordan de Standishson of Radulphus
1290-1296Radulphus de Standish (III)
1296-1326William de Standish
1326-1353John de Standish
1353-1396Henry de Standish
1396-1418Ralph de Standish (IV)
1418-1434Lawrence de Standish
1434-1445Alexander de Standish (II)
1445-1468Ralph Standish (V)
1468-1507Alexander Standish (III)
1507-1538Ralph Standish (VI)
1538-1539Alexander Standish (IV)
1539-1546Ralph Standish (VII)under Wardship
1547-1610Edward Standishunder Wardship 1547-1551
1610-1656Ralph Standish (VIII)
1656-1682Edward Standish (II)
1682-1705William Standish (II)
1705-1755Ralph Standish (IX)last male-line heir
1755-1778Cecilia Towneley, née Standishgranddaughter of Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk
1778-1807Edward Towneley Standish, né Towneleyson of Cecilia Standish and William Towneley (himself grandson of William Widdrington, 3rd Baron Widdrington)
1807-1813Thomas Strickland Standish, né Stricklandmaternal nephew of Edward Towneley Standish
1813-1863Charles Strickland Standish
1863-1883Charles Henry Lionel Widdrington Standishm. 1846 Sabine de Noailles, daughter of Just de Noailles, Prince of Poix and Duke of Mouchy
1883-1920Henry Noailles Widdrington Standishlast Lord of the Manor,
m. 1870 Hélène de Pérusse des Cars, granddaughter of Amédée de Pérusse des Cars, Duke of Cars (no children)

Other family members

Radulphus de Stanedis, of Duxbury Manor (a Lancashire squire at the beginning of the 13th century).[3]

See also

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References

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