| Authorised form of name | Staunton; Sir; George Leonard (1737 - 1801) |
| Dates | 1737 - 1801 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Cargin, County Galway, Ireland |
| Date of birth | 10 or 19 April 1737 |
| Place of death | Devonshire Street, Portman Square, London |
| Date of death | 14 January 1801 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Westminster Abbey, London |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Activity | Education:
Jesuit College, Toulouse; MD (1758) School of Medicine, Montpelier; DCL (1790, Oxford)
Career:
Practised as a Physician, West Indies; Attorney General, Grenada; Member of the Council; Colonel of Militia; Aide-de-camp to Governor Macartney of Grenada; helped negotiate a peace treaty with Ippoo Sultan (1792), for which he received life anuity of £500 from the HEIC and was created Baronet; Secretary to Ambassador Macartney FRS (1792)
Honours:
Bt 1785
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 15/02/1787 |
| Relationships | Father of Sir George Thomas Staunton (FRS 1803) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
BR gives birth date as 10 April 1737. |
| Code | NA7266 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| CB/2/493 | Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to George Staunton | 26 December 1790 |
| CB/1/6/151 | Letter from Sir George L Staunton, Devonshire Street to Charles Blagden | 13 June 1798 |
| IM/004372 | Portrait of Sir George Leonard Staunton | 1792 |
| MM/6/17 | Letter from Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, to Sir George Staunton | 27 July 1797 |
| MM/19/121 | Letter from Joseph Banks to George Leonard Staunton | 15 February 1794 |
| EC/1786/27 | Staunton, Sir George Leonard: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/19/120 | Letter from Joseph Banks to George Leonard Staunton | 24 February 1793 |