Meaburn Staniland Explained

Meaburn Staniland (1809–1898) was a British Liberal Party politician.

Life

He was the son of James Staniland, educated at Lincoln Grammar School. He was a solicitor at Boston, Lincolnshire, senior partner in the firm Staniland & Wigglesworth.^[1]

He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Boston at the 1859 general election, but was narrowly defeated at the 1865 general election.^[2] An election petition led in 1866 to the result being overturned: his opponent Thomas Parry was unseated, and the seat awarded to Staniland.

Staniland resigned from House of Commons on 8 March 1867 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.^[3]

Family

Staniland married in 1840 Emma Stainbank, daughter of Robert William Stainbank of Skirbeck, and resided at Harrington Hall. They had five sons and three daughters.^[1] Of the children:

• James Meaburn Staniland (1841–1905), the eldest son, was a cleric.
• Robert Staniland, lawyer, town clerk of Boston and militia colonel. He was father of Meaburn and Geoffrey Staniland, both killed in World War I in 1915.^[4] Geoffrey was the father of Christopher Stainbank Staniland (1905–1942) the test pilot.^[5] The writer Meaburn Staniland (1914–1992) was the youngest son of Meaburn (died 1915).^{[4] [6]}
• Meaburn Staniland F.G.S. (born 1853), third son.^[7]
• Charles Arthur Staniland (born 1856) was an army officer.
• Alfred Edward Staniland (born 1861), fifth son, a barrister. He married in 1903 Helen Katherine Overton, only child of John Henry Overton.^[8]
• Edith Meaburn, second daughter, married in 1877 Richard Worsley (1838–1899), army officer in India.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Book: Mair . Robert Henry . Debrett's Illustrated House of Commons, and the Judicial Bench . 1867 . Dean & son . 215 . en.
2. Book: Craig , F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig

   . F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 . 1977 . 2nd . 1989 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-26-4 . 55–56.

3. Web site: Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850 . Department of Information Services . . 14 January 2010 . 13 August 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100615142225/http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04731.pdf . 15 June 2010 .
4. Book: Middlebrook . Martin . North Midland Territorials go to War: The First Six Months in Flanders Trenches . 2003 . Casemate Publishers . 978-1-78383-126-5 . 15 et seq . en.
5. 103420. Roger. Bird. Staniland, Christopher Stainbank.
6. Web site: Authors : Staniland, Meaburn : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia . www.sf-encyclopedia.com.
7. Book: Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles. Armorial Families. 5th. 1905. T. C. & E. C. Jack. Edinburgh. 1277.
8. Book: Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles. Armorial Families. 7th. 1929–30. Hurst & Blackett. London. 1827. 1827.
9. Book: Howard . Joseph Jackson . Crisp . Frederick Arthur . Visitation of England and Wales . 1893 . Priv. printed . London . 176. 18 .