Thomas Stanley

Thomas Stanley may refer to:

Politicians

• Thomas Stanley (fl. 1382), Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley (c. 1405–1459), English politician
• Thomas Stanley (15th-century MP), MP for Lancashire, 1433
• Thomas Stanley (Lancashire MP, died 1571), MP for Liverpool, 1547, and Bossiney, 1558
• Sir Thomas Stanley (Lancashire MP, died 1576) (1532/33–1576), Sheriff and MP for Lancashire, 1571
• Thomas Stanley (Cheshire MP), MP for Cheshire, 1571
• Thomas Stanley (Maidstone MP) (1581–1669), MP for Maidstone, 1624 and 1625
• Sir Thomas Stanley of Grangegorman (1626–1674), knighted by Henry Cromwell in 1659
• Sir Thomas Stanley, 4th Baronet (1670–1714), British MP for Preston, 1695–1698
• Thomas Stanley (Lancashire MP, born 1749), MP for Lancashire, 1780–1812
• Thomas Stanley (Lancashire MP, born 1753), MP for Lancashire, 1776–1779
• 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 (bef. 1485–1521), 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, Dallas-based American architect
• Thomas Stanley (Clergyman), (c1600-1670) Clergyman in Eyam, Derbyshire around the time of the plague