Thomas Stanley

Thomas Stanley is the name of:

Politicians

• Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley (c. 1400–1459), English politician
• Thomas Stanley (15th century MP), MP for Lancashire, 1433
• Thomas Stanley (died 1576), Sheriff and MP for Lancashire, 1571
• Thomas Stanley (died 1571), MP for Liverpool, 1547, and Bossiney (UK Parliament constituency), 1558
• Thomas Stanley (died 1591), MP for Cheshire, 1571
• Thomas Stanley (MP for Maidstone) (1581–1669), MP for Maidstone, 1624 and 1625
• Thomas Stanley of Grangegorman (died 1674), knighted by Henry Cromwell in 1659
• Sir Thomas Stanley, 4th Baronet (1670–1714), British MP for Preston, 1695–1698
• Thomas Stanley (1753–1779), MP for Lancashire, 1776–1779
• Thomas Stanley (1749–1816), MP for Lancashire, 1780–1812
• Thomas B. Stanley (1890–1970), Governor of Virginia, 1954–1958
• Thomas M. Stanley, American politician in the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Others

• Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (1435–1504), English aristocrat
• Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby (c. 1470–1521), English aristocrat
• Thomas Stanley (bishop) (1510–1568), Bishop of Sodor and Man
• Thomas Stanley (Royal Mint) (died 1571), English officer of the Mint
• Thomas Stanley (author) (1625–1678), English author and translator
• Thomas J. Stanley (1944–2015), American author
• Thomas E. Stanley, a Dallas-based American architect