Meaburn Staniland (1809–1898) was a British
Liberal Party
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politician.
Life
He was the son of James Staniland, educated at
Lincoln Grammar School. He was a solicitor at
Boston, Lincolnshire
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, senior partner in the firm Staniland & Wigglesworth.
He was elected as a
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Boston
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at the
1859 general election, but was narrowly defeated at the
1865 general election.
An
election petition
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Outcomes
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led in 1866 to the result being overturned: his opponent
Thomas Parry was unseated, and the seat awarded to Staniland.
Staniland
resigned from House of Commons on 8 March 1867 by becoming
Steward of the Manor of Northstead
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.
Family
Staniland married in 1840 Emma Stainbank, daughter of Robert William Stainbank of
Skirbeck, and resided at Harrington Hall. They had five sons and three daughters.
Of the children:
*James Meaburn Staniland (1841–1905), the eldest son, was a cleric.
*Robert Staniland, lawyer, town clerk of Boston and militia colonel. He was father of Meaburn and Geoffrey Staniland, both killed in
World War I
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in 1915.
Geoffrey was the father of
Christopher Stainbank Staniland (1905–1942) the test pilot. The writer Meaburn Staniland (1914–1992) was the youngest son of Meaburn (died 1915).
*Meaburn Staniland F.G.S. (born 1853), third son.
*Charles Arthur Staniland (born 1856) was an army officer.
*Alfred Edward Staniland (born 1861), fifth son, a barrister. He married in 1903 Helen Katherine Overton, only child of
John Henry Overton.
*Edith Meaburn, second daughter, married in 1877 Richard Worsley (1838–1899), army officer in India.
References
External links
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1809 births
1898 deaths
Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1859–1865
UK MPs 1865–1868
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