Meaburn Staniland

Meaburn Staniland (1809–1898)^[1] was a British Liberal Party politician.

Life

He was the son of James Staniland, educated at Lincoln Grammar School. He was a solicitor at Boston, Lincolnshire, senior partner in the firm Staniland & Wigglesworth.^[2]

He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Boston at the 1859 general election, but was narrowly defeated at the 1865 general election.^[3] An election petition led in 1866 to the result being overturned: his opponent Thomas Parry was unseated, and the seat awarded to Staniland.^[3]

Staniland resigned from House of Commons on 8 March 1867 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.^[4]

Family

Staniland married in 1840 Emma Stainbank, daughter of Robert William Stainbank of Skirbeck, and resided at Harrington Hall. They had five sons and three daughters.^[2] Of the children:

• James Meaburn Staniland (1841–1905), the eldest son, was a cleric.^[5]
• Robert Staniland, lawyer, town clerk of Boston and militia colonel. He was father of Meaburn and Geoffrey Staniland, both killed in World War I in 1915.^[6] Geoffrey was the father of Christopher Stainbank Staniland (1905–1942) the test pilot.^[7] The writer Meaburn Staniland (1914–1992) was the youngest son of Meaburn (died 1915).^[6][8]
• Meaburn Staniland F.G.S. (born 1853), third son.^[9]
• Charles Arthur Staniland (born 1856) was an army officer.^[10]
• Alfred Edward Staniland (born 1861), fifth son, a barrister. He married in 1903 Helen Katherine Overton, only child of John Henry Overton.^[11][12]
• Edith Meaburn, second daughter, married in 1877 Richard Worsley (1838–1899), army officer in India.^[13]