William Staveley

William Staveley
Born	29 July 1784
Died	4 April 1854 (aged 69)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Commands held	Commander and Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong Bombay Army Madras Army
Battles/wars	Peninsular War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath

Lieutenant-General William Staveley CB (29 July 1784 – 4 April 1854) was a British Army officer who fought in the Peninsular War and later became Commander and Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong.

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). 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 as Colonel of the 94th 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 in Central in Hong Kong is named after him.

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.^[1]

References

1. 'General Sir George Anson, G.C.B', obituary in The Gentleman's Magazine, January 1850, pp. 87–88

External links

• Bibliography in Staveley genealogy
• His son's bibliography in Worcestershire Regiment