William Staveley
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Military career
Staveley was born in York, the son of William Staveley and Henrietta Henderson. He entered the British Army in 1798 as an ensign. Staveley fought in several conflicts in the Peninsular War (Battle of Talavera, Battle of Fuentes de Onoro, Battle of Vittoria, Battle of the Pyrenees, Battle of Toulouse, Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo and Battle of Badajoz and many other minor actions).
At the 1815 Battle of Waterloo, Staveley was present as a captain in the Royal Staff Corps, afterwards receiving the Companion of the Bath (CB) and a promotion to brevet Lieutenant-colonel.[1]
He went to Mauritius in 1821 and served in various roles (deputy quartermaster-general and commandant of Port Louis) before becoming Commander and Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong in 1847.
After leaving Hong Kong in 1851, he was given command of the Bombay Army. In 1853, he was made Colonel of the 24th Regiment of Foot and appointed commander-in-chief of the Madras Army (with local rank of lieutenant-general). He died in the Nilgiri Hills, and was buried at Ootacamund.
Staveley Street
Staveley Street (Template:Zh) is a street in Central on the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, named after Staveley. The street is for pedestrians only and parallel to Peel Street.[2]
Family
He married Sarah Mather in 1817. Their children included Charles William Dunbar Staveley, Harriet Frances Staveley, and Caroline Octavia Emma Staveley, who in 1847 married Talavera Vernon Anson RN.[3]
References
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External links
- Jackson, Louis (1935). "One of Wellington's Staff Officers: Lieut.-General William Staveley, C.B.". Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research 14 (55): 155–166.
- Bibliography in Staveley genealogy
- His son's bibliography in Worcestershire Regiment
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- 1784 births
- 1854 deaths
- British Army lieutenant generals
- British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars
- Commanders of Hong Kong
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Military personnel from York
- Royal Staff Corps officers
- People of the Battle of Waterloo
- Commanders-in-chief of Bombay
- Commanders-in-chief of Madras