Thomas Kitchenham Staveley (1790 – 20 February 1860) was a British politician. Born Thomas Hutchinson, he served with the

Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the ''Sappers'', is the engineering arm of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces ...

from 1808 to 1815, rising to the rank of captain. In 1814, he inherited the property of General Miles Staveley, and later changed adopted Staveley as his own surname. He then lived at Old Sleningford Hall in Yorkshire. Staveley stood for the Whigs in

Ripon Ripon () is a cathedral city and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The city is located at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Ure, the Laver and Skell. Within the boundaries of the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, the ...

at the

1832 UK general election The 1832 United Kingdom general election was held on 8 December 1832 to 8 January 1833. The first election to be held in the newly-reformed House of Commons, the Whigs under Earl Grey won a landslide victory with a majority of 224 seats. Earl ...

, winning the seat. In Parliament, he called for the immediate abolition of slavery. He stood down at the

1835 UK general election The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conservatives make large gains from their low of ...

. He later served as a deputy lieutenant of the

North Riding of Yorkshire The North Riding of Yorkshire was a subdivision of Yorkshire, England, alongside York, the East Riding and West Riding. The riding's highest point was at Mickle Fell at . From the Restoration it was used as a lieutenancy area, having b ...

, and as a magistrate in both the North Riding and the liberty of Ripon.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Staveley, Thomas 1790 births 1860 deaths Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies Royal Engineers officers UK MPs 1832–1835