His grandfathers were Nathaniel Alexander, Bishop of Meath, and John Staples, MP for Antrim.
On 7 April 1842 he married Florinda, daughter of Richard Boyle Bagley and granddaughter of Richard Handcock, 2nd Baron Castlemaine; their sons succeeded to the family property at Portglenone (now a Trappist monastery).
He died in Islay, Scotland at the home of Belfast shipping owner, Robert Langtry.
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