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Sir William Stapleton, 1st Baronet

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in 1686, leaving complicated financial affairs behind him. Stapleton's surviving sons were James, who succeeded him as the 2nd Baronet, but died young; the baronetcy was then passed to his second son William, who became the 3rd Baronet; and Miles. He also left a daughter, Mary, who married Irish
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sugar; the "Carleton" plantations were granted to his older brother, Redmond in 1679, though three years later William purchased them from him for 100,000 pounds of muscovado sugar.
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The history of the island of Antigua, one of the Leeward Caribbees in the West Indies, from the first settlement in 1635 to the present time 1894
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became extinct in 1995 after the 10th baronet left no male heir. William died in
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in 1678, with William quickly repurchasing the estate for 400,000 pounds of
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Randolph Russell, a military officer and plantation owner based in
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as the youngest child of a family which claimed descent from a
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During his time in the West Indies, William acquired several
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The third son of Redmond Stapleton, William was born in
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A & C Black 413:colonial administrator Sir 651: 545:Liverpool University Press 322:In 1667, Stapleton, as an 284:Wars of the Three Kingdoms 250:family, acquiring several 242:officer, travelled to the 217:Wars of the Three Kingdoms 590: 577: 572: 565: 190: 97: 52: 41: 32: 625:Irish colonial officials 584:(of the Leeward Islands) 415:James Fitz Edmond Cotter 346:, dispatched him to the 290:, followed the defeated 280:King Henry II of England 238:of 1660, William, as an 521:. Facsimile Publisher. 135:Anne Russell (m. 1671) 567:Baronetage of England 515:Oliver, Vere Langford 326:officer, sailed with 318:West Indies and death 22:Sir William Stapleton 340:governor of Barbados 330:and his regiment to 278:during the reign of 463:, pp. 102–103. 406:Stapleton baronetcy 630:Irish slave owners 404:by the Crown; the 336:lieutenant colonel 308:Stuart Restoration 236:Stuart Restoration 80:Office established 598: 597: 591:Succeeded by 495:(Subscription or 379:slave plantations 328:Sir Tobias Bridge 274:knight which had 252:slave plantations 194: 193: 92:Nathaniel Johnson 642: 563: 558: 532: 501: 500: 493: 491: 489: 477: 470: 464: 458: 445: 439: 372:planter families 286:, William, as a 254:before dying in 211:, William, as a 183: 181: 180: 168: 164: 162: 161: 148:Military service 102:Personal details 88: 76: 57: 37: 18: 650: 649: 645: 644: 643: 641: 640: 639: 600: 599: 594: 593:James Stapleton 587: 582: 561: 555: 537:Akenson, Donald 535: 529: 513: 509: 504: 494: 487: 485: 472: 471: 467: 459: 448: 440: 427: 423: 352:Deputy Governor 348:Leeward Islands 344:Lord Willoughby 320: 306:as part of the 264: 234:as part of the 207:to a family of 178: 176: 159: 157: 156: 123: 111: 86: 74: 58: 53: 28: 23: 12: 11: 5: 648: 646: 638: 637: 632: 627: 622: 617: 612: 602: 601: 596: 595: 592: 589: 576: 570: 569: 560: 559: 554:978-0853239628 553: 533: 528:978-9333366021 527: 510: 508: 505: 503: 502: 465: 446: 424: 422: 419: 319: 316: 298:into exile in 263: 260: 223:into exile in 209:Norman descent 192: 191: 188: 187: 174: 173:Branch/service 170: 169: 154: 150: 149: 145: 144: 141: 137: 136: 133: 129: 128: 120: 116: 115: 108: 104: 103: 99: 98: 95: 94: 89: 83: 82: 77: 71: 70: 65: 61: 60: 50: 49: 43: 42: 39: 38: 30: 29: 24: 21: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 647: 636: 633: 631: 628: 626: 623: 621: 618: 616: 613: 611: 608: 607: 605: 586: 583: 581: 575: 571: 568: 564: 556: 550: 546: 542: 538: 534: 530: 524: 520: 516: 512: 511: 506: 498: 483: 482: 476: 469: 466: 462: 457: 455: 453: 451: 447: 444:, p. 96. 443: 438: 436: 434: 432: 430: 426: 420: 418: 416: 411: 407: 403: 398: 396: 392: 388: 384: 380: 375: 373: 369: 365: 361: 357: 353: 349: 345: 341: 337: 333: 329: 325: 317: 315: 313: 309: 305: 301: 297: 293: 289: 285: 282:. 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Governor of the Leeward Islands
Charles II
Nathaniel Johnson
Ireland
Paris
England
English Army
governor of the Leeward Islands
Ireland
Norman descent
Royalist
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
Charles II
France
England
Stuart Restoration
English Army
England's colonies in the West Indies
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slave plantations
Paris
Ireland
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settled there
King Henry II of England
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
Royalist
Stuart

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