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582 8TAPLET0N. army; will tlated 26 May, 1G65; proved 5 Mar. 1672, styles himself " a soldier and orifrinal adventurer; ' ' his wife Elizabeth d. 1681, leaving 2 ilaus.— Elizabeth and Charity. SIR ROBERT 2nd Baronet (voiinper sou of Sir Thomas); m. Mary, eldest dau. of Most Rev. John Vesey, D.D. arch- bishop of Tiiam (V. UE VESCl); he d. 1714, having had with 2 dius. 3 sons, (1) Sir John, 3rd Baronet, m. Mary (u6e Goslin), widow of Josiah Heydock ; had 3 <laus. [1] Marv,m. 7 Jan. 1745,as2nd wife,toFolliottAVarren,Esq. of Lodge Park, co. Kilkenny ; she d. s. p. will dated 8 Mar. 1764. proved 5 Mar. 1766. [2] IsabeUa. [3] Jane. (2) Sir Alexander, 4th Baronet, whose male line failed on the death of his grandson. Sir Robert, 6th Baronet, num. 24 June, 1832. (3) Thomas, rector of Derryloran; d. Aug. 1762, haang m. 1736, Grace, 3rd dau. of John Houston, of Castle Stewart, co. Tyrone (and coheir of her brother Jolm); she d. 1791, having had with 3 daus. 4 sons, [1] Riglit Hon. John, P.O. M.P. Clogher, co. Tyrone, 1769; b. 1 Mar. 1737; d. 22 Dec. 1820, having m. 1st— 14 June, 1764, Anne, 2nd dau. of Right Hon. William Couolly, of Castle- town, CO. Kildare ; she d. 31 May, 1771, having had with 2 daus. an onlv son, /I/ AVilUam ConoUy, d. 30 Mar. 1798, having m. July, 1797, Anne, eldest dau. of Sir James Stewart, Bart, and had dt 2 daus. a posthiunous son.— William, b. 12 April, 1798; d. 1813. She re-m. to Richard Napier, Esq. and d. 30 Mar. 1867. Eight Hon. JOHN STAPLES m. 2ndly— 14 Oct. 1774, Hon. Hemietta, eldest sur^^ving dau. of Richard, 3rd Viscount Molesworth (and coheir of her brother, Richard Nassau, 4th Viscoimt); she d. 1813, having had with 5 daus. 4 sous, /2/ Sir Thomas, 7th Baronet, Q.C.; b. 31 July, 1775; d. s. p. 14 May, 1865, ha-i-ing m. 27 Oct. 1813, Catherine, dau. of Rev. John Hawkins, eldest son of Right Rev. James Hawkins, D.D. bishop of Raphoe ; she d. 20 Jan. 1872. /3/ John Molesworth, rector of Lissane and Upper Mo- ville; b. 1 Sept. 1776; d. 4 April, 1859, having m. Sept. 1813, Annie, eldest dau. of Right Rev. Nathaniel Alex- ander, D.D. (E. C ALE DON), bishop of Meath; she d. 23 July, 1869, having had with other issue 4 sous and 6 daus. (1) John, capt. 7th Bengal light cav. ; killed in the Indian Mutinv 8 June, 1857. (2) Sir Nathaniel Alexander, 8th and present Baronet. (3) Thomas, major-gen. Bengal staff (retd. f. p.); b. Sept. 1824/6; m. 11 June, 1868, Grace, dau. of Rev. William Hulbert Wolseley (Bart.), and has 3 sons, John Molesworth, b. May, 1869.— Thomas, b. , 1870.— A son b. 25 Dec. 1879. (4) Francis Pousouby, R.N.; lost in H.M.S. "Sappho" 1859, aged 38. (5) Harriet. (6) Anne Louisa. (7) Mary Jane. (8) Grace Catherine, m. 13 Api-il, 1852, to John Mitchell McClellan, Esq. 3.V. Londonderry, s. p. (9) Charlotte Melusiua,m. 23 April, 1851, to John Mac- pherson, M.D. inspector-gen. hospitals II.M. Bengal army (retd.), and has 2 sons, John Molesworth MACPHERSOX, of the I.T.; b. 8 Aug. 1853.— Hush Martin Charteris, b. 27 Nov. 1857. (10) Catherine Mabella, d. 28 Mar. 1870, having m. 14 Mar. 1861, to Thomas Le Bau Kennedy, and had 3 daus. Annie Staples KENNEDY.— Elizabeth Ewing.— Harriett Elizabeth. /4/ Richard, d. s. p. 1819, having m. Barbara, eldest dau. of Hugh Montgomery, of Benwarden, co. Autrim; she d. 1865, having re-m. Dec. 1826, to Right Hon. Sir Alexander McDonnell, of Murlough, co. Antrim, Bart, so created 1872, resident commissioner national edu- cation Ireland, P.C. Ireland 1846, bar.-at-law L.I. 1824; he d. s. p. 1875. /5/ Robert, d. s. p. May, 1852, having m. Eliza Russell. 1 2] Alexander, rector of Derrynoose, diocese Ai-magh ; m. Jane Wilson, and had 3 sons and 2 daus. /I/ Thomas, in H.O. father of Jane, m. 1st, to John Irwin, Esq. of Drumglass, co. Tyrone, and 2udly, to Joseph John- stone, Esq. of Kinahagh. /2/ Alexander, rector of Gowran, m. 1816, Dorothea, only child of Rev.Monsey Alexander (E. Caledon), incum- bent of Moville, CO. Derry, and had 3 sons and 3 daus. (1) Alexander Rolfe, b. 16 Aug. 1817 ; d. 9 June, 1880. (2) Monsey, b. 27 Oct. 1818 ; d. s. p. 3 Dec. 1843, having m who died. (3) Thomas, b. 28 Feb. 1823. (4) Samuel Montgomery, b. 22 May, 1830. (5) Robert, b. 6 Mar. 1832. (6) Susanna, d. 1869, having m. July, 1854, to George Vandeleur Steele, Esq. of Skeirke Park, Queen's co. (7) Jane, m. 24 Jan. 1860, to Rev. Singleton Colville Harpur, rector of Aghaboe, Queen's co. who d. 28 Dec. 1877, having had 5 sons and 2 daus. Thomas HAUPUn, b. 31 Jan. 1851.— Singleton Stai)lcs, b. 1 Jan. 1857.— William George, b. 5 Feb. 18511.- Henry, b. 8 Nov. 1866.— Richard Wharton, b. 28 May, 1868.— Hannah.— Rebecca Mary. (8) Frances Dorothea. /3/ William, d. s. p. having m. Elizabeth Frances, dau. of George Paul Monck, Esq. (V. MONCK), of St. Stephen's Green, M.P.; she re-m. 25 Alay, 1811, to William Ogle Wallace Ogle, Esq. of Causey Park, Northumberland. /4/ Jane, d. 25 July, 1842, having m. 1792, to Rev. Thomas Stanley Monck, rector of Clonegan (V. MONCK.) ; he d. Mar. 1842. /5/ Frances, m. to Thomas Achmuty, Esq. [3] Thomas, lieut.-col. 4th dragoon guards; d. uum. [4] Archibald, d. imm. STAPLETON, Sir Francis George, of G]-ey's Court, Middx. (1679, E.), capt. late gren. guards, served Avith 43rd regt. in Kaffir war 1851/3; s. his father as 7th Baronet 1874; b. 19 Mar. 1831; m. 5 Sept. 1878, Mary Catherine, younger dau. of late Adam Steuart Gladstone (Bart.), and has a dau. (1) Clara Florence Mary, b. 2 Oct. 1879. NOTE.— Heir presumptive, Lieut.-Col. Richard Stapleton. Arms— Ai'g. a lion rampant sa. MOTTO — Pro Magna Charta. SEAT — Grey's Court, Henley-on-Thames. TOWN Address — 111, Victoria Street, s.W. Etneaflp. SIR AVILLIAM STAPLETON, of Braywick, Berks, (brother of Edmund, governor of Nevis, of iiedmiind, governor of Montserrat, and descended from Richard Stapleton, to whom Q. Elizabeth confirmed (1566) lands in Ireland granted to his ancestor. Sir John Stapleton, Knt. by Henry II. 1199), followed CHARLES II. into exile, and on the Restoration 1684, was constituted captain-gen. and governor-in-chief of the Lee- ward Islands, created a BARONET 20 Dec. 1679 ; d. 3 Aug. 1686, having m. Anne, dau. of Col. Randolph Russel, governor of the Island of Nevis (and sister of Sir James Russell, also governor of the Island of Nevis, who was knighted at Whitehall, 10 May. 1672). His grandson, SIR WILLIAM, 4th Baronet (on the death of liis father Sir William), twice M.r. Oxon. ; d. 12 Jan. 1739/40, having ni. 28 April, 1724, Catherine, dau. and heir of William Paul, of Braywick, Berks, by Catheriue Fane, ilau. of Vere, 5th Earl of Westmorland; she d. 28 June, 1753. His grandson, SIR THOMAS, 6th Baronet (on the death of his father. Sir Tliomas, in 1781), summoned to parliament as Baron le Despencerl788 (having inherited through his great-grandmother Lady Catherine Paul, dau. of Vere Fane, &th Earl of Westmor- land); 1). 10 Nov. 1766; d. 3 Oct. 1831, having m. 1 July, 1791, Elizabetli, 2nd dau. of Samuel Eliot, of Antigua; she d. 3 Jan. 1843, having ha<l with 6 daus. 4 .sons, [1] Hon. Thomas, b. 24 April, 1792; d. 1 June, 1829, having m. 2 Feb. 1816, Maria Wynne, 2nd dau. of Henry Bankes, Esq. of Kingston House, Dorset; she d. 15 Oct. 1823, leaving an only dau. Mary Frances Elizabeth, BARONESS Le Despencer. (See.) [2] Hon. William, in the army ; b. 2 Dec. 1797 ; d. 26 Sept. 1826. [3] Hon. Miles John, rector of Mereworth, Kent, and vicar of Tudley-cum-Capel ; b. 21 Mar. 1801 ; d. 11 June, 1830, having m. 29 Dec. 1820, Anne Byam, only child of (Hon.) Thomas Norbury Kerby, of Antigua, M.L.C.; she d. 14 Jan. 1842, having had 4 daus. (1) Adelaide, d. 27 Aug. 1860, having m. 23 Oct. 1881, as 2nd wife, to Capt. Catesby Paget (M. Anislesey). (2) Anne Byam, d. s. ]). 14 Aug. 1871, baring m. 17 Aug. 1858, to Augustus Thomas Hotliam, Esq. (B. HoTHAM). (3) Jane Elizabeth, m. 30 Ai)ril, 1862, to Archibald Godlcy, Esq. and has a dau. — Anna Charlotte Adelaide. (4) Maria Catherine.