Standish, Frank, ca. 1746-1812
STANDISH, SIR FRANK, BART., eldest son of Thomas Standish, and Catherine, widow of John Smyth, Heath, Yorkshire, and dau. of Robert Frank MP, Recorder of Pontefract; b.; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1805); succ. grandfather as 3rd baronet 19 Dec 1756; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 31 Jan 1763, aged 17; MA 1767; MP Preston 2 Apr – 29 Nov 1768; High Sheriff, Lancashire 1782; d. unm. 18 May 1812.
Stanhope, James Banks, 1821-1904
STANHOPE, JAMES BANKS, son of Lieut. -Col. Hon. James Hamilton Stanhope MP, 1st Foot Guards, and Lady Frederica Louisa Murray, eldest dau. of David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield (qv); b. 13 May 1821; adm. 1 Apr 1833 (G); KS 1834; left Dec 1837; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 May 1839; of Revesby Abbey, Lincs.; MP (Conservative) North Lincolnshire 1852-68; DL JP Lincolnshire; Busby Trustee 17 May 1881; d. 18 Jan 1904.
Stanhope, Philip, ca. 1733-1768
STANHOPE, PHILIP, natural son of Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield PC, and Elizabeth du Bouchet, The Hague, Netherlands; b.; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1743 (Morel's); left 1746; Grand Tour (Italy) 1746-51 (Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France); MP Liskeard 1754-61, St. Germans 1761 – May 1765; British Resident, Hamburg 1757-63; Envoy to Imperial Diet 1763; Envoy Extraordinary at Dresden from 1764; the recipient of the Letters of Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield to his Son; at “Mr Morel’s boarding house in Cowley Street” in Aug 1743 (Letter XCIX); “the boy was encumbered with flesh, and nature had so carelessly compacted his limbs as scarcely to leave them the poer of flexure. In a word, in infancy he was shapeless, and in youth a looby. Never did a she-bear with more anxious assiduity labour to lick her cub into shape than this fond parent did to correct the errors of nature in the formation of this his darling” (Hawkins, Life of Dr. Samuel Johnson, 1787, 181-2); “Mr. Stanhope’s character has been unjustly represented as diametrically opposite to what Lord Chesterfield wished him to be. He has been called dull, gross and awkward : but I knew him at Dresden, when he was Envoy to that Court; and though he could not boast of the graces, he was in truth a sensible, civil, well-behaved man” (Boswell, Life of Johnson, ed. G. B. Hill, 1887, i, 266 note); m. c. 1759 (secretly) Eugenia Peters, natural dau. of Compton Domvile MP (I); d. at Avignon, France 16 Nov 1768.
STAPYLTON, SIR MILES, BART., eldest son of Sir John Stapylton, Bart., MP, and Mary, dau. of Francis Sandys, Scrooby, Notts.; bapt. Myton, Yorks. 6 Dec 1708 (IGI); adm. (aged 15) Feb 1723/4; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Nov 1726; adm. Middle Temple 10 Feb 1725/6; succ. as 4th baronet 24 Oct 1733; MP Yorkshire 1734 – Apr 1750; a Commissioner of Customs from Apr 1750; m. May 1738 Anne, dau. of Edmund Waller MP, Hall Barn, Beaconsfield, Bucks.; d. 14 May 1752.
Staveley-Hill, Henry Staveley, 1865-1946
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.
STEELE, ROBERT, brother of Thomas Steele (KS 1766, qv); bapt. 25 Feb 1757; adm. 17 Sep 1765; in school lists 1773; adm. Middle Temple 7 Jan 1775, called to bar 11 Feb 1780; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 17 Nov 1787; Recorder of Chichester 1787; Second Judge, North Wales Circuit 1801-5; a Master in Chancery from 16 Jan 1805; MP Weobley 1802-7; d. 10 Jul 1817.
STEELE, THOMAS, son of Thomas Steele, Chichester, Sussex, Recorder of Chichester, and Elizabeth Madgwick, Cuckfield, Sussex; bapt. 17 Nov 1753; in school list 1764; KS (Capt. ) 1766; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1771, adm. pens. 29 May 1771, scholar 15 May 1772, matr. 1772; adm. Middle Temple 18 Jan 1772; MP Chichester 1780-1807; Secretary to Master-Gen. of Ordnance 1782; Joint Secretary to Treasury 27 Dec 1783-91; Joint Paymaster-Gen. of the Forces 7 Mar 1791 – Jul 1804; Privy Councillor 9 Mar 1791; Commissioner, Board of Control 16 May 1791 – Jun 1793; Receiver-Gen. , Alienation Office 1793-7; King’s Remembrancer, Court of Exchequer from 7 Nov 1797; the discovery in 1807 that he had not accounted for two large sums of money withdrawn by him from the Pay Office brought about his withdrawal from public life; m. 3 Sep 1785 Charlotte Amelia, sister of William Lindsay (qv); d. 8 Dec 1823.
Stevens, Geoffrey Paul, 1902-1981
Stevens, Geoffrey Paul, brother of Alfred Leslie Welton Stevens (q.v.); b. Nov. 10, 1902; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (G); left Easter 1921; A.C.A. 1927; F.C.A. 1933; in practice in London; M.P. for Portsmouth (Langstone) since 1950; Pilot Officer (Equipment) R.A.F.V.R. June 14, 1938; Flight-Lieut. March 1, 1941; Sqdn. Ldr. March 1, 1942; Wing-Cmdr. Sept. 1944; m. Sept. 1, 1928, Evelyn Mitchell, daughter of David William Marwick, of Rowledge, Surrey, writer to the Signet; d. 10 May 1981.
STEWART, GEORGE, 8TH EARL OF GALLOWAY (S), second son of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway (S) KT, Lord of the Bedchamber, and his second wife Anne, dau. of Sir James Dashwood, Bart., MP; b. 24 Mar 1768; styled Lord Garlies 1773 (?) -1806; adm. 19 Jan 1780; in school list Oct 1780; entered Royal Navy Mar 1780, as Midshipman on HMS Berwick; Lieut., 8 Aug 1789; Cdr., 19 Nov 1790; Capt., 30 Apr 1793; Rear-Adm., 31 Jul 1810; Vice-Adm. 12 Aug 1819; Adm. 22 Jul 1830; served under Lord Hood in 1793; commanded HMS Lively at battle of Copenhagen; MP Saltash 1790 – Feb 1795, Cockermouth 22 Jul 1805-6, Haslemere 1806 – 13 Nov 1806; a Lord of the Admiralty 2 May 1805 – Feb 1806; succ. father as 8th Earl of Galloway (S) 13 Nov 1806; Lord Lieut. Kirkcudbright Stewartry 26 Dec 1794 - Mar 1807, Wigtownshire 28 Mar 1807 – Jul 1828, Kirkcudbright Stewartry 15 Jun 1820 – Jul 1828; KT 23 May 1814; m. 18 Apr 1797 Lady Jane Paget, sister of Henry William Paget, 1st Marquis of Anglesey (qv); d. 27 Mar 1834.
Stewart, Richard, ca. 1677-1728
STEWART, HON. RICHARD, third son of William Stewart, 1st Viscount Mountjoy (I), Master-Gen. of the Ordnance (I), and Hon. Mary Coote, dau. of Richard Coote, 1st Baron Coloony (I) [check]; b.; adm.; KS 1692; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1695, matr. 2 Jul 1695, aged 18, Westminster Student 30 Dec 1695 – void 1709; BA (Christ Church Act Book) 1699; LLD Trinity Coll. Dublin 1714; MP (I) Co. Tyrone 1702-14, Strabane 1715-27, Co. Tyrone from 1727; Capt. of the Battleaxe Guards (I); d. unm. 4 Aug 1728.