Sir Henry Stapylton, 1st Baronet ( 1617 – 26 March 1679) was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1648 and 1660. Stapylton was the son of Brian Stapylton and his wife Frances Slingsby, daughter of Sir Henry Slingsby of Scriven. In 1648, Stapylton was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the

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but was excluded by the end of the year under

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. In 1660, Stapylton was elected MP for Boroughbridge in the Convention Parliament. In 1660 he was created

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of Myton. In 1663 he was commissioned as

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of the

Richmondshire Regiment, North Riding Militia The North York Militia, later the North York Rifles, was an auxiliary military force raised in the North Riding of Yorkshire in Northern England. From their formal organisation as Trained Bands in 1558 the Militia regiments of the riding served ...

.Major Robert Bell Turton, ''The History of the North York Militia, now known as the Fourth Battalion Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)'', Leeds: Whitehead, 1907/Stockton-on-Tees: Patrick & Shotton, 1973, ISBN 0-903169-07-X, p. 24. Stapylton married Elizabeth Darcy, daughter of Conyers Darcy, 1st Earl of Holderness. His son Bryan succeeded him in the baronetcy.

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''The Baronetage of England'' Volume 2
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stapylton, Henry 1610s births 1679 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England People from Boroughbridge Place of birth missing English MPs 1640–1648 English MPs 1660 North York Militia officers