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Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby

British politician and diplomat (1865–1948).

Born April 4th, 1865 in London.

Died February 4th, 1948 at 82 years old in Knowsley Hall.

Occupations
aristocrat, diplomat, politician

Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs