It was created on 18 July 1628 for Thomas Staples, who later served as High Sheriff of County Tyrone.

The lines of the Marquesses of Ormonde, Earls of Clancarty, and Barons Ponsonby and Clermont can be traced back to his daughters.

Thomas Staples, younger brother of the tenth Baronet, was a Major-General in the British Army.

The twelfth Baronet, Sir Robert Ponsonby Staples was a well-known artist, good friend of King Edward VII and member of the Café Royal set.

[1] The family seat was Lissan House, near Cookstown, County Tyrone.