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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, 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Court of Exchequer from 7 Nov 1797; the discovery in 1807 that he had not accounted for two large sums of money withdrawn by him from the Pay Office brought about his withdrawal from public life; m. 3 Sep 1785 Charlotte Amelia, sister of William Lindsay (qv); d. 8 Dec 1823.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, 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, 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.

STONE, ANDREW, elder son of Andrew Stone, Lombard Street, London, goldsmith, and Anne Holbrooke; b. 4 Feb 1702/3; adm. Feb 1714/5; KS 1717; Capt. of the School 1721; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1722, matr. 6 Jun 1722, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1722 – void 26 Jun 1735; BA 1726; MA 1728 (incorp. Cambridge 1749); Private Secretary to Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (qv), 1732-4; Under-Secretary of State Jul 1734 – Apr 1751; Collector of State Papers May 1739 – Jun 1741, Keeper of State Papers from May 1741; MP Hastings 1741-61; a Commissioner of Trade Nov 1749 – Oct 1761; Sub-Governor to Prince George (the future George III) 1751-6, Secretary to Prince George as Prince of Wales 1756-60; charged before the Privy Council in Feb 1753, with William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (qv), and James Johnson (qv), with having toasted the Pretender, but retained the confidence of the Court; Treasurer to Queen Charlotte from 2 Nov 1761; a valued confidant of the Pelham brothers, and for more than thirty years “no man was more completely behing the scenes of the political stage”; Busby Trustee 13 Apr 1752; m. 7 Jul 1743 Hannah, dau. of Stephen Mauvillain, Tooting and Morden, Surrey; d. 16 Dec 1773. Buried North Aisle, Westminster Abbey.

STOTE, BERTRAM, son of Sir Richard Stote, Kt, Jesmond Hall, Northumberland, Serjeant-at-Law, and Margaret, dau. of Henry Holmes, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, merchant; bapt. 8 Feb 1674/5; adm.; KS 1688; left 1693; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1693, aged 17, matr. 1693; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 27 may 1691; member, Merchant Adventurers’ Co., Newcastle upon Tyne 3 Jan 1700; MP Northumberland 1702-5; inherited Whitchester estate on death of his uncle Henry Holmes in 1706; unm.; buried St. Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne 22 Jul 1707.

SUTTON, SIR RICHARD, BART., brother of John Sutton (adm. 1740/1, qv); b. 31 Jul 1733; adm. Jan 1743/4 (Morel's); the friend of William Cowper (adm. 1742, qv), with whom he read through the Iliad and the Odyssey when at school (Southey, Cowper, i, 106); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens, 25 Jan 1749/50, scholar 11 may 1750, readm. as fellow commoner 11 Nov 1751, matr. 1750; MA 1753; when he went up to Trinity Coll. Warburton introduced him by letter to Hurd as “a perfect boy, in the simplicity of his manners, but of surprizing acquirements. Besides his knowledge of the ancient languages he speaks and writes Spanish and French with great exactness, understands Italian, and is now learning High Dutch” (Nichols, Literary Anecdotes, v, 542, note); probably Grand Tour (at Capua with brother John in 1753 ?); adm. Middle Temple 21 Aug 1754; migr. to Inner Temple 9 Feb 1759, called to bar 29 Jun 1759, sold chambers there 12 Jun 1782; Counsel to Board of Ordnance; Under-Secretary of State Aug 1766 – Sep 1772; a Commissioner of the Privy Seal Feb – Mar 1768; MP St. Albans 1768-80, Sandwich 1780-4, Boroughbridge 1784-96; succeeded brother to Norwood Park estate, Notts., 1772; created baronet 14 Oct 1772; a Lord of the Treasury 6 Sep 1780 – Mar 1782; m. 1st, 28 Jun 1765 Susanna, eldest dau. of Philip Champion de Crespigny, Proctor, Court of Arches; m. 2nd, 7 Feb 1767 Anne, dau. of William Peers Williams, Cadhay, Devon; m. 3rd, 8 Apr 1793 Margaret, dau. of John Porter, Wandsworth, Surrey; d. 10 Jan 1802.

TEMPEST, JOHN, only son of John Tempest MP, Wynyard, co. Durham, and Frances, eldest dau. of Richard Shuttleworth MP, Gawthorpe, Lancs.; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1749/50 (Watts'); in school list 1754; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 21 Oct 1758; MP Durham from 1768; m. 25 May 1767 Anne, dau. of Joseph Townsend MP, Honington, Warwickshire; d. 13 Aug 1794.

TEMPLER, GEORGE, brother of John Templer (qv); b.; adm. 10 Oct 1768; KS (aged 15) 1770; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1770 [check]; Writer, EICS Bengal 1773; Assistant Deputy Commissary-General 1774; Factor and Contractor for Elephants 1779; Commissioner for regulating the Price of Grain 1783; Senior Merchant 1784; returned to England 1785; partner, firm Edwards Smith Templer & Co., bankers, London, until the firm’s failure in 1817; MP Honiton 1790-6; returned to India 13 May 1817; Commercial Resident, Jangipur, from 1818; one of donors of Warren Hastings Cup; m. 5 Mar 1781 Jane, eldest dau. of Henry Paul, West Monckton, Somerset; d. in India 5 Jul 1819.

THELWALL, SIR EUBULE, fifth son of John Wynn Thelwall, Batharfan Park, near Ruthin, Denbighshire, and Jane, dau. of Thomas Griffith, Pant-y-Llongdu, Denbighshire; b.; adm.; a pensioner 1563 (tutor, the Dean); QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1572, adm. scholar 1573; BA 1576/7 (incorp. Oxford 14 Jul 1579 ); MA Oxford 1580; adm. Gray’s Inn 2 Jul 1590, called to bar 13 May 1599, Bencher 7 Feb 1623/4, Treasurer 1625; a Master in Chancery from 11 Jan 1617; knighted 29 Jun 1619; Principal, Jesus Coll. Oxford, from May 1621; obtained a new charter for his college in 1622, and rebuilt the Principal’s Lodgings there at his own expense; MP Denbighshire 1623-4, 1625-6, 1627-8; d. unm. 8 Oct 1630. DNB.