Sir George Thomas Staunton, 2nd Baronet,, FRAS was a British writer, orientalist and politician.
Portrait by Martin Archer Shee, c. 1820
Lady Jane Staunton (d. 1823) with her son, afterwards Sir George Thomas Staunton Bart. (1781–1859), and a Chinese attendant holding a chest of tea. (John Hoppner, circa 1792)
One of the follies that Staunton had built on his Leigh estate
Sir George Leonard Staunton, 1st Baronet was an Anglo-Irish physician, judge and diplomat best known for his participation in the Macartney Embassy.
Sir George Staunton, 2nd Baronet
…FRAS (26 May 1781 – 10 August 1859) was a British writer, orientalist and politician. Born at Milford House near Salisbury, he was the son of Sir George Leonard Staunton (1737–1801), first baronet, diplomatist and Orientalist. In 1792, at the age of 12, he accompanied his father, who had been appointed secretary to Lord…
Portrait by Lemuel Francis Abbott, c. 1785