Sir John Stapylton, 3rd Baronet (c. 1683 – 24 October 1733), of Myton in

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, was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the

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from 1705 to 1708. Stapylton was the eldest son of Sir Brian Stapylton, MP and his wife Anne Kaye, daughter of

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. He matriculated at

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on 12 June 1702, aged 18. In or before 1706, he married Mary Sandys, daughter of Francis Sandys of Scorby. At the

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, Stapylton was returned as

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for

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, which his father had represented for twelve of the previous fifteen years. He served only three years as MP before being once more supplanted by his father at the

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. He was defeated when he stood at Boroughbridge at a by-election in 1718. Following his father's death on 23 November 1727, he succeeded to the

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. He was going to be adopted as Tory candidate for Yorkshire for the 1734 general election. However, on the way to the meeting he was killed by a fall from his horse on 24 October 1733 and his son was selected to replace him. Stapylton had a number of children, including: *

Sir Miles Stapylton, 4th Baronet Sir Miles Stapylton 4th Baronet (c. 1708–1752), of Myton, Yorkshire, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1750. He was initially a Tory but after joining the Prince of Wales party in the mid 1740s, ...

(c. 1708–1752), whose only child was a daughter * Sir Brian Stapylton, 5th Baronet (c. 1712–1772), who died unmarried * Sir John Stapylton, 6th Baronet (c. 1718–1785), who died unmarried * Sir Martin Stapylton, 7th Baronet (c. 1723–1801), to whose son the baronetcy eventually passed * Anne Stapylton also Francis, Henry, Robert and Christopher, Mary, Elizabeth, Diana and Penelope. Each of his four eldest sons succeeded to the baronetcy in turn.

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