Sir George Thomas Staunton, second baronet

(1781-1859)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Staunton, George Thomas, Sir, 1781-1859 NRA: Staunton Sir George Thomas (1781-1859) 2nd Baronet MP Orientalist DNB: Staunton, Sir George Thomas, second baronet (1781-1859), Sinologist and politician LBT ID: GeStaun1859 VIAF ID: 66595175 LOC ID: n88068492	B/BAP: 1781-05-26 DIED: 1859-08-10
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Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was chief of the East India Company's factory at Canton and MP for St. Michael (1818-26), Heytesbury (1830-32), South Hampshire (1832-34), and Portsmouth (1838-52).
REFERENCES TO Sir George Thomas Staunton, second baronet: John Whishaw to Thomas Smith, 14 April 1817 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Found 1: ¶ 1 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 11: The R.S.L. Found 1: ¶ 23 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter I. Found 1: ¶ 18 Whishaw, J. (John), 1764 or 5-1840, The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Chapter V: 1817