- Stapleton Baronets
The Stapleton Baronetcy, of The Leeward Islands, is a dormant title in the
Baronetage of England . It was created on20 December 1679 for William Stapleton, Governor of the Leeward Islands. The fourth Baronet sat asMember of Parliament for Oxfordshire. The fifth Baronet represented Oxford in the House of Commons. In 1788 theabeyance of the ancient barony of le Despencer was terminated in favour of the sixth Baronet, who became the sixteenth Baron de Despencer. On his death the barony passed to his granddaughter Frances Elizabeth (the daughter of his eldest son the Hon. Thomas Stapleton), wife of Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth (seeBaron le Despencer for further history of this title). The baronetcy was inherited by the late Baronet's youngest son Francis Joseph, the seventh Baronet. The presumed tenth Baronet never successfully established his succession and was never on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. The title is believed to have become extinct on his death in 1995 but is officially listed as dormant by The Standing Council of the Baronetage. For more information, follow this [http://www.baronetage.org/unproven.htm link.]tapleton Baronets, of The Leeward Islands (
1679 )*
Sir William Stapleton, 1st Baronet (d. 1686)
*Sir James Stapleton, 2nd Baronet (1672-1690)
*Sir William Stapleton, 3rd Baronet (1674-1699)
*Sir William Stapleton, 4th Baronet (1698-1740)
*Sir Thomas Stapleton, 5th Baronet (1727-1781)
*Sir Thomas Stapleton, 6th Baronet (1766-1831) (became Baron le Despencer in 1788)Barons le Despencer (
1264 )*Thomas Stapleton, 16th Baron le Despencer (1766-1831)
tapleton Baronets, of The Leeward Islands (
1679 ; Reverted)*Sir Francis Joseph Stapleton, 7th Baronet (1807-1874)
*Sir Francis George Stapleton, 8th Baronet (1831-1899)
*Sir Miles Talbot Stapleton, 9th Baronet (1893-1977)
*"Sir Henry Alfred Stapleton, 10th Baronet" (1913-1995)References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
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