Background
He was the second son of Thomas Stapleton of Carlton Hall, Yorkshire, by his first wife, Maria Juliana, daughter of Sir Robert Gerard, bart. On the death of his father in 1839 he succeeded to landed property near Richmond, Yorkshire.
He was the second son of Thomas Stapleton of Carlton Hall, Yorkshire, by his first wife, Maria Juliana, daughter of Sir Robert Gerard, bart. On the death of his father in 1839 he succeeded to landed property near Richmond, Yorkshire.
He was appointed one of its vice-presidents in 1846. Stapleton died at Cromwell Cottage, Old Brompton, on 4 December 1849.