STAVELEY-HILL, HENRY STAVELEY, only son of Right Hon. Alexander Staveley-Hill PC DCL MP, Oxley Manor, Staffs., Judge Advocate of the Fleet and Counsel to the Admiralty, and his first wife Katherine Cumpston Florence, eldest dau. of Miles De Haile Ponsonby, Haile Hall, Cumberland; b. 22 May 1865; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (J); left 1882; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Oct 1884; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 22 Apr 1891; Oxford circuit; Recorder of Banbury 1903-22; MP (Cons) Kingswinford Jul 1905-18; member, Staffordshire County Council 1919-20; County Court Judge, Circuit 28, 1922-8; adjudged bankrupt 18 Sep 1928; DL Staffordshire; served in 1914-18 War; Maj., 2/1st Staffordshire Yeomanry (TF) 23 Sep 1914, Lieut. -Col. commanding 6 Jul 1915-7; on staff, Scottish Command 1918; m. 22 Jun 1901 Eileen de Grey, dau. of Robert de Burgh D’Arcy, Felixstowe, Suffolk; d. 25 Mar 1946.
STAVELEY, WILLIAM, son of Luke Staveley, Yorkshire; b. “Oligana”, Yorks. (Ilkley or Halifax ?); adm. 10 Sep 1787; Min. Can. (aged 12) 1789. [Perhaps William Staveley, son of Luke Staveley and Mary ---, bapt. St. Margaret Moses, London 27 Jul 1781]. [father probably Luke Staveley, London and Springfield House, Halifax, textile merchant]
STATHAM, WIGLEY, eldest son of Right Hon. Sir John Statham Kt PC MP, Wigwall, Derbs., and Bridget, dau. of Henry Wigley, Wirksworth, Derbs.; bapt. Wirksworth, Derbs. 13 Jun 1701 (IGI); adm. (aged 16) Jul 1717; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 Feb 1718/9; High Sheriff, Derbyshire 1725; d. 5 Jun 1731.
STATHAM, JOHN, brother of Wigley Statham (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Mar 1717/8; in under school list 1722; Queen’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 27 Apr 1725, matr. 1725; BA 1728/9; d. 20 Feb 1785.
Startin, Charles Basil, youngest son of Charles W. Startin, of Watford, Herts; b. Nov. 26, 1894; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (G); left July 1911; served in Great War I; wounded; gazetted North Staffords Mar. 1914; 2nd Lieut., Regular Army, North Staffords, Oct. 2, 1914; Lieut. Jan. 16, 1915; Capt. Oct. 11, 1917; Major Sept. 9, 1933; retired May 13, 1947; m. Jan. 19, 1927, Catharine Mary, eldest daughter of Col. Edmund Ludlow Perry, D.S.O., I.M.S., of Sidmouth, Devon; d. 17 Dec. 1980.
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STARKE, RICHARD, elder son of John Starke, Ewell, Surrey, and his first wife ---, d. of --- Empson; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1728/9; left 1734; Writer, EICS Madras 1735; arrived in India 29 Sep 1735; one of hostages after surrender of Madras 1746; member of Council, Fort St. George 1749; sent to help Maj. Stringer Lawrence at Fort St. David 1750; Deputy Governor, Fort St. George Feb – 6 Apr 1752, Fort St. David Jul 1752- May 1756; resigned from service May 1756; living in Italy for health with wife and daughter (Mariana Starke, travel writer) from 1792; m. 30 Jun 1759 Mary, dau. of Isaac Hughes, Garretts, Banstead, Surrey, and his first wife; d. at Pisa, Italy 5 Mar 1794, aged 74, and buried at Livorno.
Starforth, Michael John, son of William Percy Starforth MB, of Upper Norwood, and Astraea, d. of Roger Hall of Sydenham; b. 27 Oct. 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (KS); left July 1935; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1935, BA 1947, MA 1963; RA in WW2 (Capt.); called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) June 1947; Colonial Legal Service; Crown Counsel Uganda 1951, Solicitor-General and Perm. Sec. Min. of Justice 1962-4; CBE 1963; Parly Counsel Malavsia 1965-8; adviser on legislative drafting Nigeria 1969-71; legal adviser Price Commission 1973-6; asst solicitor DTI 1976-81; retd 1981; d. 6 Feb. 2001.