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    Which Lancashire aristocrat's title was granted to his ancestor following that ancestor's support of Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth?

    Question #124123. Asked by nibbles0011. (Nov 04 11 7:41 AM)


    rossian

    		The Earl of Derby, who was stepfather to Henry and originally called Baron Stanley:

    http://stanleyorigins.org.uk/32.html

    Nov 04 11, 12:33 PM
    Baloo55th

    		It should be noted that the title has nothing to do with the City or County of Derby. It comes from the Hundred of West Derby, mostly in what is now Merseyside. Liverpool is in the old Hundred of West Derby, but the modern district of West Derby is in Liverpool. (Nearly as bad as cricket, where you go in when you're out...) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Derby

    Nov 04 11, 3:28 PM

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