Augustus Stafford

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Augustus Stafford (22 June 1811 – 15 November 1857), also known as Augustus Stafford O'Brien-Stafford, was a British landowner and Conservative Party politician.

Biography

Stafford was born in Walcot, Lincolnshire in 1811.[1]

He sat as a Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire North from 1841 until his early death in 1857. He was Secretary to the Admiralty under the Duke of Northumberland in Lord Derby's 1852 government.[2]

He joined the Canterbury Association on 27 March 1848 and was one of the more active members. He died on 15 November 1857 in Dublin, Ireland.[1]

References

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  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs [self-published source][better source needed]

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire North
1841–1857
With: Thomas Philip Maunsell
Succeeded by
Lord Burghley and
George Ward Hunt
Political offices
Preceded by First Secretary of the Admiralty
1852
Succeeded by
Ralph Bernal Osborne


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