Henry Stapylton

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Sir Henry Stapylton, 1st Baronet (c. 1617 - 26 March 1679) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1648 and 1660.

Stapylton was the son of Brian Stapylton and his wife Frances Slingsby, daughter of Sir Henry Slingsby of Scriven. [1]

In 1648, Stapylton was elected Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge in the Long Parliament [2] but was excluded by the end of the year under Pride's Purge.

In 1660, Stapylton was elected MP for Boroughbridge in the Convention Parliament. [3] In 1660 he was created baronet of Myton. [4] In 1663 he was commissioned as Colonel of the Richmondshire Regiment, North Riding Militia. [5]

Stapylton married Elizabeth Darcy, daughter of Conyers Darcy, 1st Earl of Holderness. His son Bryan succeeded him in the baronetcy. [4]

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References

  1. Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1903), Complete Baronetage volume 3 (1649-1664), vol. 3, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, p. 49, retrieved 13 April 2019
  2. Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp.  229–239.
  3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
  4. 1 2 William Betham, The Baronetage of England Volume 2
  5. Major Robert Bell Turton, The History of the North York Militia, now known as the Fourth Battalion Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment), Leeds: Whitehead, 1907/Stockton-on-Tees: Patrick & Shotton, 1973, ISBN 0-903169-07-X, p. 24.
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge
1648
With: Thomas Mauleverer
Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
New creation Baronet
(of Myton)
1660–1679
Succeeded by