Staples Baronets
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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
.
Lissan
Lissan is a civil and ecclesiastical parish that spans into County Londonderry and County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The local Roman Catholic church was built in 1908....
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
High Sheriff
A high sheriff is, or was, a law enforcement officer in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.In England and Wales, the office is unpaid and partly ceremonial, appointed by the Crown through a warrant from the Privy Council. In Cornwall, the High Sheriff is appointed by the Duke of...
of County Tyrone
County Tyrone
Historically Tyrone stretched as far north as Lough Foyle, and comprised part of modern day County Londonderry east of the River Foyle. The majority of County Londonderry was carved out of Tyrone between 1610-1620 when that land went to the Guilds of London to set up profit making schemes based on...
. The ninth Baronet was a prominent lawyer.
The long-serving MP John Staples
John Staples
John Staples was an Irish Member of Parliament.He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Newtown Limavady from 1765 to 1768, for Clogher from 1768 to 1776, for Ballyshannon from 1776 to 1783, for Newtown Limavady again from 1783 to 1795 and for County Antrim from 1796 to 1800, and then for Antrim...
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
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
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The family seat is Lissan House
Lissan House
Lissan House is a historic house and tourist attraction in Northern Ireland. Lissan lies nestled at the foot of the Sperrin Mountains amid ancient woodland near the historic market town of Cookstown.-The Staples family:...
, County Tyrone
County Tyrone
Historically Tyrone stretched as far north as Lough Foyle, and comprised part of modern day County Londonderry east of the River Foyle. The majority of County Londonderry was carved out of Tyrone between 1610-1620 when that land went to the Guilds of London to set up profit making schemes based on...
.
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 BaronetSir Robert Staples, 12th BaronetSir Robert Ponsonby Staples, 12th Baronet was the third son of Sir Nathaniel Staples, 11th Baronet of Lissan House near Cookstown in Co. Tyrone. He was one of the great characters of the early twentieth century and one of Ulster's best known artists...
(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)