The Staples Baronetcy, of Lissan in the County of Tyrone and Faughanvale in the County of Londonderry, was a title in the

Baronetage of Ireland Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James I ...

. It was created on 18 July 1628 for Thomas Staples, who later served as High Sheriff of

County Tyrone County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an administrative division for local government but retain ...

. The long-serving MP

John Staples The Rt. Hon. John Staples, M.P. (1 March 1736 – 22 December 1820), was an Irish Member of Parliament from 1765 to 1802. He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Newtown Limavady from 1765 to 1768, for Clogher from 1768 to 1776, for Bal ...

was grandson of the fourth Baronet, brother-in-law of the seventh Baronet, father of the ninth Baronet and great great grandfather of the author CS Lewis. The lines of the Marquesses of Ormonde, Earls of Clancarty, and Barons Ponsonby and Clermont can be traced back to his daughters. The ninth Baronet was a prominent lawyer. Thomas Staples, younger brother of the tenth Baronet, was a

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in the

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. The twelfth Baronet,

Sir Robert Ponsonby Staples Sir Robert Ponsonby Staples, 12th Baronet (1853–1943) was an artist, also remembered for his eccentricity. Life He was the third son of Sir Nathaniel Staples, 11th Baronet of Lissan House near Cookstown in Co. Tyrone. He became one of Ulste ...

was a well-known artist, good friend of

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and member of the

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set. Following the death of the seventeenth Baronet in November 2013, the title become extinct. The family seat is

Lissan House Lissan House is a historic house and tourist attraction in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, that was the seat of the Staples baronets. Lissan lies nestled at the foot of the Sperrin Mountains amid ancient woodland near the historic market tow ...

, near

Cookstown Cookstown ( ga, An Chorr Chríochach, IPA: �anˠˈxoːɾˠɾˠˈçɾʲiːxəx is a small town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the fourth largest town in the county and had a population of 11,599 in the 2011 census. It, along with Magh ...

Staples baronets, of Lissan (1628)

Sir Thomas Staples, 1st Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English language, English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist i ...

(died 1653) *

Sir Baptist Staples, 2nd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only ...

(1630-1672) * Sir Alexander Staples, 3rd Baronet (died 1673) * Sir Robert Staples, 4th Baronet (died 1714) *

Sir John Staples, 5th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only ...

(1684–1730) *

Sir Alexander Staples, 6th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only ...

(1693–1741) *

Sir Robert Staples, 7th Baronet The Staples Baronetcy, of Lissan in the County of Tyrone and Faughanvale in the County of Londonderry, was a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 18 July 1628 for Thomas Staples, who later served as High Sheriff of County Tyro ...

(1740–1816) * Sir Robert Staples, 8th Baronet (1772–1832) * Sir Thomas Staples, 9th Baronet (1775–1865) * Sir Nathaniel Alexander Staples, 10th Baronet (1817–1899) * Sir John Molesworth Staples, 11th Baronet (1848–1933) * Sir Robert Ponsonby Staples, 12th Baronet (1853–1943) * Sir Robert George Alexander Staples, 13th Baronet (1894–1970) * Sir John Richard Staples, 14th Baronet (1906–1989) * Sir Thomas Staples, 15th Baronet (1905–1997) * Sir Gerald James Arland Staples, 16th Baronet (1909–1999) * Sir Richard Molesworth Staples, 17th and last Baronet (1914–2013)

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*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. *{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012, S, 3

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History of the Staples family
Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Ireland 1628 establishments in Ireland

Staples baronets, of Lissan (1628)

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