File:Hon. John Stapleton MP.JPG, From family photo album John Stapleton (11 April 1816 – 25 December 1891) was an English

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politician who sat in the

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between 1852 and 1874. Stapleton was the fourth son of Thomas Stapleton, of Carlton Hill,

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, and his wife Maria Juliana Gerard, daughter of Sir Robert Gerard, bt. Stapleton was educated at the

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and Berlin. He was called to the bar at

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in 1833, but later moved to the

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. He went on the

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.Robert Henry Mair,
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''Debrett's Illustrated House of Commons and the Judicial Bench'', London: Dean & Son, 1870, p. 258. At the 1852 general election, Stapleton was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for

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but was unseated on petition. He was elected in

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but lost the seat in

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. At the 1868 general election Stapleton was re-elected for Berwick and held the seat until his defeat at the

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. Stapleton died at the age of 75. Stapleton married Frances Dorothea King, second daughter of

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, of

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. They had three sons and four daughters.

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* 1816 births 1891 deaths Alumni of the University of Edinburgh UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1868–1874 Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of Lincoln's Inn Members of the Middle Temple {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub