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
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
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).