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.

STAPYLTON, CHRISTOPHER, brother of Sir Miles Stapylton, Bart. (qv); bapt. Myton, Yorks. 10 Jun 1727 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Jun 1740 (Bourne's); KS 1741; d. at school, and buried Merton, Surrey 24 May 1743.

STAPYLTON, AUGUSTUS MILES CARTERET, second son of Martin Bree Stapylton (formerly Bree), Myton Hall, Yorks., and his second wife Anne, dau. of William Curtis, Chiswick, Middlesex; b. 2 Nov 1816; adm. 21 Jan 1829 (G); University Coll. Oxford, matr. 7 May 1835; BA 1839; ordained deacon (Lichfield) 8 Mar 1840, priest 27 Jun 1841.

STAPLEY, ERNEST GORE, son of Rev. Frederick Anthony Stapley, Vicar of Midhurst, Sussex, and Mary Charlotte, only dau. of Frederick Robert Gore, Devonshire Terrace, Hyde Park, London; b. 21 Mar 1856; adm. 30 Sep 1867 (James'); QS 1870; d. 11 Sep 1870.

STAPLETON, THOMAS, third son of Hon. John Stapleton MP, Berwick Hill, Northumberland, barrister, and Frances Dorothea, dau. of Edward Bolton King MP, Chadshunt, Warwicks.; b. 31 May 1869; adm. 8 Jun 1882 (A); left Aug 1885; King’s Coll. London, adm. 29 Sep 1885; Colonial Coll., Hollesley Bay, Suffolk, adm. 3 Aug 1888; emigrated to North Queensland 11 Jan 1890, becoming a farmer there; returned to England 1895; emigrated to South Africa 1896; served Border Mounted Rifles, as Trooper in Boer War, and as Sergeant in Natal rebellion; Rifleman, 1st Battn. Rifle Brigade 13 Oct 1914; Western Front Nov 1914; killed in action at Ploegsteert Wood, Flanders 19 Dec 1914, unm. Great War Memorial.

Stapleton, Louis Henry, brother of Thomas Stapleton (q.v.); b. July 25, 1874; adm. Sept. 25, 1888 (A); left April 1891; Oxford Military Coll., Cowley 1891; served in the Matabele War 1893; was wounded in Jameson's Raid 1895; served in the South African War 1899-1900, and in Palestine in Great War I; temp. 2nd Lieut. A.S.C. March 2, 1918; m. July 2, 1908, An­netta Lima Smith, eldest daughter of Achille Perossi; d. Feb. 9, 1949.

Stapleton, Bryan, brother of Thomas Stapleton (q.v.); b. Aug. 20, 1871; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 25, 1884; left July 1889; King's Coll. London; Assoc. M.Inst.C.E. Feb. 1, 1898; M.Inst.C.E. Jan. 11, 1910; Fellow, Coopers Hill Coll., 1893; asst. engineer, Indian State Railways Oct. 1, 1893; exec. engineer Oct. 1904; chief engineer, Burma Railways; m. 1st July 17, 1912, Geraldine Emma, daughter of Col. John Henry Crowdy, R.E.; 2nd Nov. 15, 1918, Ruth Jane, youngest daughter of R. T. Friel, of Waterford; d. March 26, 1941.

STANYAN, TEMPLE, younger son of Lawrence Stanyan, Monken Hadley, Middlesex, merchant, farmer and Commissioner of Revenue (I), and Dorothy, dau. of Henry Knapp, Woodcote, South Stoke, Oxfordshire; b.; adm.; KS 1691; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1695, matr. 18 Jun 1695, aged 18, Westminster Student 30 Dec 1695 – void 1700; Clerk, Secretary of State’s Office Feb 1708 – Feb 1709, Chief Clerk Feb 1709 – Jul 1711, Sep 1713 – Aug 1715, Under-Secretary Oct 1715 – Jun 1729; Clerk in Ordinary, Privy Council, from 3 Feb 1719/20 [previously Clerk Extraordinary from 1717 ?]; FRS 12 May 1726; author, Grecian History, 1739; m. 1st, Elizabeth, widow of William Boys, Hawkhurst, Kent, and dau. of Sir Anthony Shirley, Bart.; m. 2nd, 2 Jan 1720/1 Susanna, only dau. of Dr. Thomas Hobbs, Asley, Hampshire; m. 3rd, 28 Apr 1726 Grace, dau. of Grimbold Pauncefort, Clater Park, Herefs.; d. 29 Mar 1752. DNB.

STANTON, ROBERT, son of William Stanton, Newport, Shropshire; b.; adm. (perhaps --- Stanton (at school c. 1660 (qv)); KS 1661; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1663, matr. 3 Jul 1663, aged 18, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1663 – void 1680; BA 1667; MA 23 Mar 1669/70.

STANTON, FREDERICK SMITH, fifth son of William Henry Stanton MP, The Thrupp, Gloucs., and Jane, eldest dau. of Roger Smith, The Manor House, Walworth, Surrey; b. 21 Oct 1832; adm. 24 Jan 1844 (Benthall's); EI Coll. Addiscombe 1849-50; 2nd Lieut., Bengal Engineers 9 Dec 1850; Lieut., 11 May 1855; Capt., 27 Aug 1858; Maj., 5 Jul 1872; Superintendent Engineer, 1st grade 18 Apr 1874; Lieut. -Col., 10 Mar 1876; Col., 16 Sep 1886; retd., hon. rank Major-Gen., 28 Mar 1887; Director-Gen. of Railways, Calcutta; served in Indian Mutiny; m. 27 May 1862 his cousin Anne Maria, eldest dau. of Thomas Starkey, Huddersfield, Yorks.; d. 22 Jan 1892.