John Staunton (1666-1731) was an Irish politician, lawyer and Crown official. He was the father of Thomas Staunton, an English Parliamentarian of some fame.
He was elected to the Irish House of Commons as MP for Galway in 1703 and held the seat, with short intervals, until his appointment as Master in Chancery.[3] His younger brother Thomas was also an Irish MP.
He married Bridget Donnellan, daughter of Edmund Donnellan of Ballydonnellan,[4] and had at least two children, Anna, who married Barnaby Gunning of Holywell, County Roscommon, by whom she had one daughter Bridget, and Thomas (c.1706-1784). Thomas followed his father to the Bar and to the Irish House of Commons, but moved to England, where he sat in the British House of Commons for many years, and had some reputation there as an orator.
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Hart, A.R. History of the King's Serjeants at law in Ireland Dublin Four Courts Press 2000
Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh Burke's Irish Family Records London 1976
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