George Thomas Staunton, 2d Baronet
1781–1859
Oriental scholar, colonial administrator, diplomat, and politician. MP for St Michael’s, 1818–26, Heytesbury, 1830–1, South Hampshire, 1832–5, Portsmouth 1838–51. Founding member of the Royal Asiatic Society. Developed pleasure grounds at Leigh Park, Hampshire. Author of works on China. FRS 1803.
Sources
DNB
Dod’s parliamentary companion
Gladwyn 1992.
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
Dod’s parliamentary companion: The parliamentary pocket companion … compiled from official documents, and from the personal communications of members of both houses. Dod’s parliamentary companion. London: Whittaker, Treacher, & Arnot; Whittaker & Co. 1833–1914.
Gladwyn, Derek. 1992. Leigh Park: a 19th century pleasure ground. Midhurst, West Sussex: Middleton Press.
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