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Sir Richard Stayner

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  • N David Quidnunc on Wed 2 Apr 2003, 02:23am. Flag this

    Stayner (d. 1662)

    A naval commander, he distinguished himself in the First Dutch War (1652-54) and was rear-admiral of the fleet in early 1660, and on the voyage with Mountagu early that year.

    Stayner was a friend and confidant of Mountagu, and in 1660 helped him in some electioneering in Dover.

    He was knighted by both Cromwell and again by Charles II (a situation similar to Mountagu’s brother-in-law, Henry Wright).

    In 1662 he died in Lisbon.

  • N David Quidnunc on Wed 2 Apr 2003, 02:35am. Flag this

    Source for the previous annotation:
    Latham and Matthews edition of the diary, Vols. 10 (Companion) and 11 (Index)

  • N Paul Brewster on Thu 17 Apr 2003, 11:09pm. Flag this

    The Wheatley footnotes are as follows: “Sir Richard Stayner, knighted and made a Vice-Admiral by Cromwell, 1657, and after the Restoration sent to command at Tangier till the Governor arrived.”

  • N Wim van der Meij on Tue 29 Nov 2005, 01:19pm. Flag this

    Warrington adds the following: “He was buried at Greenwich”.

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1660
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1661
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1662
Feb: 20
Nov: 4, 28