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The Stapleton Baronetcy, of the Leeward Islands, is an extinct title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 20 December 1679 for William Stapleton, [ 3 ] who followed Charles II into exile in France, and after the Restoration was appointed deputy-governor of Montserrat and captain-general of the Leeward Islands. [ 4 ]
The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III of England in 1348. Dates shown are of nomination or installation; coloured rows indicate sovereigns, princes of Wales, medieval ladies, modern royal knights and ladies, and stranger knights and ladies, none of whom counts toward the 24-member limit.
Stapleton was brought up on Nevis in the British Leeward Islands, [ 1] the son of Sir William Stapleton, 3rd Baronet and his wife Frances Russell, daughter of Sir James Russell who had acted as governor of the island. In 1699, he succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father. [ 2] He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 17 April ...
Governors of the Leeward Islands (1872–1959) 1872–1873: Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine. 1873–1874: Sir Henry Turner Irving. 1874: Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson [ 1][ 2] 1875–1881: Sir George Berkeley. 1881: Henry James Burford Buford-Hancock (acting) 1881–1884: Sir John Hawley Glover. 1884–1885: Sir Charles Cameron Lees.
Sir William Stapleton, 1st Baronet (died 3 August 1686) was an Irish colonial administrator and planter who served as the governor of the Leeward Islands from 1671 to 1686, when he died in office. Born in Ireland to a family of Norman descent , William, as a Royalist during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms , followed Charles II into exile in France .
Sir John Bennett Piers, 6th Baronet of Tristernagh Abbey (1772 – 22 July 1845), was an Anglo-Irish baronet. He is primarily remembered for his involvement in the Cloncurry case, an adultery scandal that took place in the early 19th century. Additionally, he is known for being the subject of an early poem by John Betjeman titled Sir John Piers.
Sir Joseph Pennington, 2nd Baronet (4 October 1677 – 1744), of Muncaster, Cumberland, was a British landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1744. Pennington was baptized at Waberthwaite on 16 October 1677, the eldest son of Sir William Pennington, 1st Baronet of Muncaster and his wife Isabella Stapleton ...
Peninsular War. Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere GCB GCH KSI PC (14 November 1773 – 21 February 1865), was a British Army officer, diplomat and politician. As a junior officer, he took part in the Flanders Campaign, in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War and in the suppression of Robert Emmet 's insurrection in 1803.