Title:

Gentleman

Military Rank:

Colonel

First Name:

William

Last Name:

Staunton

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Plaque

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

1992

Inscription:

"Remember COLONEL WILLIAM STAUNTON, born 1608 – died 1656 Lord of this Manor who raised a Regiment of Foot for CHARLES I and attended the King at Nottingham on 22nd August1642 but did not live to see the Restoration of CHARLES II – some there be which have no memorial.

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Very Good

Condition Description:

Photographic evidence

Memorial Notes:

Staunton buried St. Mary's Churchyard, Staunton, Newark and Sherwood District, Nottinghamshire, England
according to Find a Memorial: MEMORIAL ID140781735

His regiment with Royalist forces besieged in Newark.

See: Rev. G.W. Staunton, County Families and Mansions, http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/nottsmagazine/staunton2.htm

Portrait of him and his wife at Staunton Hall, c.1652.