Identity:
Hon. Edward Lyulph Stanley, 4th Baron Stanley of Alderley, was a barrister and MP.
Life:
He may have known JW in the mid-seventies, when his name appears in an address book (#12714).
Bibliography:
The Mayfair ... Directory, London, 1886-87, 1887-88; Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, London, 1907; The Annual Register, London, 1925, p. 126.