Staples Baronets
The Staples Baronetcy, of Lissan in the County of Tyrone, is a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 18 July 1628 for Thomas Staples, who later served as High Sheriff of County Tyrone. The ninth Baronet was a prominent lawyer.
The long-serving MP John Staples was grandson of the fourth Baronet, brother-in-law of the seventh Baronet, father of the ninth Baronet and grandfather of the tenth Baronet. Thomas Staples, younger brother of the tenth Baronet, was a Major-General in the British Army.
The family seat is Lissan House, County Tyrone.
Staples Baronets, of Lissan (1628)
- Sir Thomas Staples, 1st Baronet (d. 1653)
- Sir Baptist Staples, 2nd Baronet (d. 1672)
- Sir Alexander Staples, 3rd Baronet (d. 1673)
- Sir Robert Staples, 4th Baronet (d. 1714)
- Sir John Staples, 5th Baronet (1684-1730)
- Sir Alexander Staples, 6th Baronet (1693-1741)
- Sir Robert Staples, 7th Baronet (1740-1816)
- Sir Robert Staples, 8th Baronet (1772-1832)
- Sir Thomas Staples, 9th Baronet (1775-1865)
- Sir Nathaniel Alexander Staples, 10th Baronet (1817-1899)
- Sir John Molesworth Staples, 11th Baronet (1848-1933)
- Sir Robert Ponsonby Staples, 12th Baronet (1853-1943)
- Sir Robert George Alexander Staples, 13th Baronet (1894-1970)
- Sir John Richard Staples, 14th Baronet (1906-1989)
- Sir Thomas Staples, 15th Baronet (1905-1997)
- Sir Gerald James Arland Staples, 16th Baronet (1909-1999)
- Sir Richard Molesworth Staples, 17th Baronet (b. 1914)
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's List of Baronets
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