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Stapleton 4: Stapleton of Grey's Court, Stapleton of the Leeward Islands
Descended from Sir John Stapleton who settled in Ireland in the time of King Henry II who r. 1154-1189 was ...
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Richard Stapleton a 1566
m Eleanor Butler dau of James Butler, 9th lord of Dunboyne
1. John Stapleton
m Margaret Bourke
A. ?? Stapleton
i. John Stapleton of Thurlesbegg
m Sarah McEgan
a. Redmund Sapleton
m _ Fogarty dau of Cornelius Fogarty of Devey
1 Sir William Stapleton, Governor of the Leeward Islands, 1st Bart of the Leeward Islands d 03.08.1686, 3rd son
m Anne Russel dau of Col. Randolph Russel, Governor of Nevis
A Sir James Stapleton, 2nd Bart of the Leeward Islands b 24.09.1672, dsp
B Sir William Stapleton, 3rd Bart of the Leeward Islands b 14.11.1674
m Frances Russell dau of Sir James Russell
i Sir William Stapleton, 4th Bart of the Leeward Islands d 12.01.1739-40
m 28.04.1724 Catherine Paul d 28.06.1753, dau of William Paul of Braywick
Catherine's mother was Catherine, dau of Vere Fane, 5th Earl of Westmorland, through whom came a claim for the barony of Le Despenser.
a Sir Thomas Stapleton of Rotherfield Grey, 5th Bart b 24.02.1727, d 1781, 2nd son
m 27.11.1765 Mary Fane dau of Henry Fane of Wormsley
1 Sir Thomas Stapleton of Grey's Court, 6th Bart, Lord Le Despencer b 10.11.1766, d 03.10.1831
Sir Thomas successfully claimed the barony of Le Despenser in 1788.
m 01.07.1791 Elizabeth Eliot d 03.01.1848, dau of Samuel Eliot of Antigua
A Thomas Stapleton of Grey's Court b 24.04.1792, dvp 01.06.1829
m 02.02.1816 Maria Wynne Banks d 15.10.1823, dau of Henry Banks of Kiingston House
i Mary Frances Stapleton, Baroness Le Despencer b 24.03.1822, d 20.11.1891
m 29.07.1845 Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth b 18.03.1819, d 06.11.1889
B Miles John Stapleton b 21.03.1801, dvp 11.06.1830, rector of Mereworth, 3rd son had issue 4 daughters
m 29.12.1820 Anne Byam Kerby d 14.11.1842, dau of T.N. Kerby of Antigua
C Sir Francis Stapleton, 7th Bart b 06.08.1807, d 11.02.1874, rector of Mereworth had issue
m 17.05.183 Margaret Airey d 07.02.1880, dau of Sir George Airey
D Maria Frances Catherine Stapleton b 22.09.1794, d 25.02.1861
m 09.01.1813 Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden b 27.10.1788, d 20.03.1870
E Emma Stapleton b 27.02.1796, d 29.12.1879
m 05.05.1825 Charles Brodrick, 6th Viscount Midleton b 1791, d 1863
F Emily Stapleton d 27.01.1875
m 11.1817 Sir Hercules Robert Pakenham Lt. Gen.
G Anna Frances Esther Stapleton b 15.04.1805, dsp 20.08.1861
m 03.12.1828 Henry Maxwell, 7th Lord Farnham b 09.08.1799, dsp 20.08.1868
H+ other issue d unm - William b 02.12.1797, dvp 26.09.1826, Elizabeth Mary d 30.12.1823, Frances d 1835
2 William Stapleton b 06.06.1770, d 1826, Lt. General
m 1790 Anna Maria Keppel d 1836, dau of Hon. Frederick Keppel, Bishop of Exeter
A John Horace Stapleton d 07.11.1836
m1 02.06.1814 Georgiana Maria Fitzroy d 07.11.1836, dau of George Ferdinand FitzRoy, 2nd Lord Southampton
m2 08.07.1834 Charlotte Georgiana Ponsonby dau of Hon. Sir William Ponsonby
3+ other issue d unm - James Henry b 29.06.1777, d 1842, Maria d 20.03.1858, Catherine d 04.1863
b Catherine Stapleton
m Sir James Wright in Venice
c+ other issue - William dvp, James d unm, Frances
ii James Russell Stapleton of Bodrhyddan Colonel
m Penelope Conway dau of Sir John Conway, Bart of Bodrythan
a Penelope Stapleton
m Ellis Yonge of Bryn Yorcin
1 Penelope Yonge coheirapparently of this generation
m William Davies Shipley Dean of St. Asaph
b Catherine Stapleton
c Elizabeth Stapleton
m Watkyn Williams of Penbedw
d Frances Stapleton d 20.04.1825
m 1767 Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, Bart d 24.08.1809
C Miles Stapleton
m Elizabeth Gerard dau of Sir Charles Gerard, Bart of Harrow-on-the-Hill
i+ issue - Miles d unm, Anna, Frances
D+ daughters
2 Edmund Stapleton, Governor of Montserrat a 1685
A Honora Stapleton
3+ son dsp, Edmund dsp, Governor of Nevis

sources: BP1934 Stapleton
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