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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.

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.