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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.

STAPLEY, ---; b.; in school list 1734.

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.

STAPLES, MOSES WILLIAM, eldest son of Moses William Staples, London, and Broughton Gifford, Wilts. , banker, and Frances, dau. of John Bates, Alderman of London; b. 1786; at school under Vincent (M. I. Checkendon, Oxfordshire); a solicitor, practising in Harpur Street, Red Lion Square, London; m. 10 Dec 1811 Anne, dau. of William Frederick Browne (adm. 1771, qv); d. 12 Apr 1864.

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.