Future British prime minister The Earl of Derby was born on 29 March 1799
#OnThisDay 29 March 1799 Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby was born in Knowsley Hall, Lancashire, England. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1852, and from 1858 to 1859, and 1866 to 1868, as leader of the Conservative Party. #OTD #history #ukpol #ukpolitics