Sir Robert Staples, 12th Baronet
…Sir William Orpen, Lily Langtry, Sophie Guilbert and King Edward VII. He was also involved in the establishment of the Grosvenor Gallery, founded by Sir Coutts Lindsay and his wife Blanche Fitzroy as an alternative exhibition space to the Royal Academy. Staples finally settled at Lissan in 1912 after the death of his…