Augustus Stapleton
Augustus Granville Stapleton (1800 – 1880) was an English biographer and political pamphleteer.
Biography[]
Stapleton was educated at Rugby School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. After graduating he became private secretary to the Foreign Secretary, George Canning, and remained with him until Canning became Prime Minister in 1827. Canning died a few months later and Stapleton subsequently published an extensive biography.
Publications[]
- The Political Life of the Right Honourable George Canning, 2 volumes, Longman, London, 1831 (second edition, 3 volumes, 1831)
- George Canning and His Times, John W. Parker & Son, London, 1859
and many pamphlets and contributions to newspapers
References[]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Stapleton, Augustus Granville". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
Categories:
- 1800 births
- 1880 deaths
- People educated at Rugby School
- Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
- Principal Private Secretaries to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- English biographers
- English pamphleteers
- English non-fiction writer stubs