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, LANGDALE, brother of George Stanhope (qv); b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1716; left 1719; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 May 1719; BCL 1728; of Grimston, Yorks.; d. unm. before 1739. [presumably Langdale Stanhope, Grimston, Yorks., , will proved PCC 15 May 1731]

STANNARD, JOHN PETER, son of Rev. Francis Stannard, Rector of Stourmouth, Kent, and Thomasine --- (IGI); bapt. St. Bride’s, Fleet Street, London 10 Jul 1700 (IGI); adm. (aged 14) Jan 1714/5; KS 1715; left 1719; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 may 1719, scholar 29 Apr 1720, matr. 1720; BA 1722/3; ordained deacon (London) 9 Jun 1723; Curate, St. Bride’s, Fleet Street; d. 21 Feb 1728.

STANNYNOUGH, PETER, son of Lawrence Stannynough, Wrightington, Lancs.; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1642; had a special order to pass in Nov and Dec 1642, and allowed to come up to Christ Church by Parliament Apr 1643 (Madan, Oxford Books, ii, 681), matr. 16 May 1643, aged 17, Westminster Student; BA 1646; ejected from Studentship by Parliamentary Visitors for non-submission 8 Jul 1648; ordained; Curate, Liverpool, Lancs., 1651; Rector of Aughton, Lancs., from 6 Mar 1651 (but not instituted until 27 Oct 1662); “appointed King’s Preacher at the Restoration” [what does this mean ? Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles II ?]; d. 28 Feb 1674.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.