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 (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Rugby, Warwickshire, England.
Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain. ...
and
Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Trinity Hall (formally The College or Hall of the Holy Trinity in the University of Cambridge) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.
It is the fifth-oldest surviving college of the university, having been founded in 1350 by ...
. After graduating he became
private secretary
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The role exists in t ...
to the
Foreign Secretary
The secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs, known as the foreign secretary, is a minister of the Crown of the Government of the United Kingdom and head of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Seen as ...
,
George Canning, and remained with him until Canning became
Prime Minister
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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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