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 | Staunton, Sir George Leonard | 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 |