John Stapleton (11 April 1816 – 25 December 1891)[1] was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1852 and 1874.
Stapleton was the fourth son of Thomas Stapleton, of Carlton Hill, Yorkshire, and his wife Maria Juliana Gerard, daughter of Sir Robert Gerard, bt.
He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1833, but later moved to the Middle Temple.
At the 1868 general election Stapleton was re-elected for Berwick and held the seat until his defeat at the 1874.
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