Augustus Granville Stapleton (1800 – 1880) was an English biographer and political pamphleteer.
Biography
Stapleton was educated at
Rugby School
Rugby School is a Public school (United Kingdom), private boarding school for pupils aged 13–18, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire in England.
Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independ ...
and
Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Trinity Hall (formally The College or Hall of the Holy Trinity in the University of Cambridge, colloquially "Tit Hall" ) is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1350, it is th ...
. After graduating he became
private secretary to the
Foreign Secretary,
George Canning
George Canning (; 11 April 17708 August 1827) was a British Tory statesman. He held various senior cabinet positions under numerous prime ministers, including two important terms as foreign secretary, finally becoming Prime Minister of the U ...
, and remained with him until Canning became
Prime Minister
A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...
in 1827. Canning died a few months later and Stapleton subsequently published an extensive biography.
Publications
*''The Political Life of the Right Honourable George Canning'', 2 volumes, Longman, London, 1831 (second edition, 3 volumes, 1831)
*''George Canning and His Times'', John W. Parker & Son, London, 1859
and many pamphlets and contributions to newspapers
References
1800 births
1880 deaths
People educated at Rugby School
Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Principal Private Secretaries to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
English biographers
English pamphleteers
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