Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Staunton, Sir George Leonard, Bart.
Staunton, Sir George Leonard, Bart., created D.C.L. 16 June, 1790, then of Smuens, Bucks, created a baronet of Ireland 31 Oct., 1785 (o.s. Colonel George Staunton, of Cargin, co. Galway), a member of Council, and attorney-general in the island of Grenada, negotiated the peace with Tippoo Sultan 1784, secretary of embassy to China 1792, died 14 Jan., 1801, buried in Westminster Abbey on the 23rd.