File:Hon. John Stapleton MP.JPG, From family photo album
John Stapleton (11 April 1816 – 25 December 1891)
was an English
Liberal Party
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politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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between 1852 and 1874.
Stapleton was the fourth son of Thomas Stapleton, of Carlton Hill,
Yorkshire
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, and his wife Maria Juliana Gerard, daughter of
Sir Robert Gerard, bt. Stapleton was educated at the
University of Edinburgh
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,
Göttingen
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and Berlin. He was called to the bar at
Lincoln's Inn
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in 1833, but later moved to the
Middle Temple
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. He went on the Northern circuit.
[Robert Henry Mair,]
"An Alphabetical List of the Members of Parliament"
''Debrett's Illustrated House of Commons and the Judicial Bench'', London: Dean & Son, 1870, p. 258.
At the
1852 general election, Stapleton was elected as a
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Berwick upon Tweed
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but was unseated on petition. He was elected in
1857
Events January–March
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* January 7 – The partly French-owned London General Omnibus Company begins operating.
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but lost the seat in
1859
Events
January–March
* January 21 – José Mariano Salas (1797–1867) becomes Conservative interim President of Mexico.
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. At the
1868 general election Stapleton was re-elected for Berwick and held the seat until his defeat at the
1874
Events
January–March
* January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx.
* January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time.
* January 3 – Third Carlist War &ndas ...
.
Stapleton died at the age of 75.
Stapleton married Frances Dorothea King, second daughter of
Edward Bolton King, of
Chadshunt
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,
Warwickshire
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. They had three sons and four daughters.
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1816 births
1891 deaths
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
UK MPs 1852–1857
UK MPs 1857–1859
UK MPs 1868–1874
Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Members of Lincoln's Inn
Members of the Middle Temple
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