Charles Stapp
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- He is covered substantially in reliable independent sources. Documents he wrote and photographs of him are in museum collections and he received various medals and honors in commemoration of his service. He is particularly notable as a militia commander in historic attacks on Maori. FloridaArmy (talk) 12:45, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
Charles Stapp (1825 - August 6, 1900) was a British military officer from Ireland who served in various conflicts including in New Zealand where he was also a militia commander in various conflicts with Maori resisting colonization.[1] The Museum of New Zealand has archival photos of him.[2] He was appointed Lieutenant and Adjutant of the New Plymouth Militia and Taranaki Rifle Volunteers after retiring from military service in 1858. He was in the Battle of Waireka, Huirangi, Kaihihi, Kaitake and rose in the ranks serving as second-in-command at Opotiki in 1865.[3] Stapp received various medals[4] and was honored for his service.
Early in his military career, he helped suppress the Chartist riots.[1] In 1843 he escorted convicts down under to Tasmania and then between areas in Australia. Stapp served in the British Army in New Zealand from 1845 until 1856.[4] He fought in Heki's War in the Bay of Islands. He also served in the Crimean War and was Superintendent of Hospitals before returning to New Zealand in 1857.[1]
He commanded the Taranaki Military District in New Zealand for 22 years.[5] He recruited more than 800 volunteers in 1879.[6] He was a leader of raids on peaceful Maori protesters trying to uphold their land rights. Many were arrested and imprisoned without trials and had their farms destroyed (these events came after the First Taranaki War and Second Taranaki War). He retired as a Colonel.[3]
He married Emma Milner in 1859.[7] They had one daughter.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TH18910428.2.16
- ↑ "Loading... | Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Charles Stapp". Puke Ariki Museum Libraries Tourist Information Taranaki New Zealand.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Taranaki man's historic war medals go under auctioneer's hammer". Stuff.
- ↑ http://ketenewplymouth.peoplesnetworknz.info/documents/0000/0000/0893/Foxglove.pdf
- ↑ Hastings, David Murray (September 28, 2015). "The Many Deaths of Mary Dobie: Murder, Politics and Revenge in Nineteenth-Century New Zealand". Auckland University Press – via Google Books.
- ↑ Newport Rising
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