Augustus Stafford (22 June 1811 – 15 November 1857), also known as Augustus Stafford O'Brien-Stafford, was a British landowner and Conservative Party politician.
Biography
Stafford was born in Walcot, Lincolnshire in 1811. He was the son of Stafford O'Brien and his wife Emma, daughter of Sir Gerard Noel, 2nd Baronet. His name initially was Augustus Stafford O'Brien.
He sat as a Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire North from 1841 until his early death in 1857. He was Secretary to the Admiralty under the Duke of Northumberland in Lord Derby's 1852 government.
He was an active member of the Canterbury Association which he joined on 27 March 1848. He died on 15 November 1857 in Dublin, Ireland.
References
- ^ Bain, Rev. Michael (2007). The Canterbury Association (1848-1852): A Study of Its Members' Connections (PDF). Christchurch: Project Canterbury. pp. 76–77. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- Burke, Bernard (1871). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison. p. 1300.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded byViscount Maidstone and Thomas Philip Maunsell |
Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire North 1841–1857 With: Thomas Philip Maunsell |
Succeeded byLord Burghley and George Ward Hunt |
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| Preceded byJohn Parker | First Secretary of the Admiralty 1852 |
Succeeded byRalph Bernal Osborne |
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