Samuel Staniforth
| Samuel Staniforth | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 1689 Darnall, Sheffield, England |
| 💀Died | 15 November 1748 (aged 59) Darnall Hall, Sheffield, England15 November 1748 (aged 59) |
| Resting place | Attercliffe Chapel |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | builder of Darnall Hall |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Alethea Macro (m. 1722; died 1748) |
| 👶 Children | Mary Staniforth Elizabeth Staniforth (1723–1786) Thomas Staniforth (1735–1803) Samuel Staniforth (1739–1820) |
| 👴 👵 Parent(s) |
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| 👪 Relatives | John Staniforth (grandfather) |
Samuel Staniforth (January 1689 – November 1748) was a British Esquire, notable for building Darnall Hall in Sheffield, England.[1][2][3][4]
Samuel was the son of Griffith Staniforth, his grandmother was Mary Gower, a daughter of Puritan minister Stanley Gower.[5]
He married Alethea Macro at Bradfield, a sister of Cox Macro, notable for the Macro Manuscript.
The home at Darnall was constructed in a year, with the foundation stone being laid on 22 April 1723.[6] Samuel was a friend of Thomas Chaloner, the Regicide judge, who was signatory to Charles I's death warrant. The Chaloner family had a home close to Darnall hall.
Samuel had a total of six children, one of which was Thomas Staniforth, who held the title of Lord Mayor of Liverpool in 1797–98.[7] His daughter Elizabeth married merchant John Trevers Younge.
He died in 1748, and was buried at the Attercliffe Chapel on 15 November 1748.
Staniforth Road, which is located close to the original Darnall Hall was named after him.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Picture sheffield". www.picturesheffield.com. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
- ↑ Collins, Frances Anne (1902). The Parish Registers of Kirkburton, Co. York: 1654-1711. Appendix of family histories. W. Pollard. Search this book on
- ↑ Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester. Chetham Society. 1858. Search this book on
- ↑ Hunter, Joseph (1819). Hallamshire. The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield in the County of York: With Historical and Descriptive Notices of the Parishes of Ecclesfield, Hansworth, Treeton, and Whiston, and of the Chapelry of Bradfield. author. Search this book on
- ↑ Staniforthiana Or Recollections of the Family of Staniforth Of Darnall, In Yorkshire Collected and Arranged Chronologically (Frances Margery Hext) 1860
- ↑ "Picture sheffield". www.picturesheffield.com.
- ↑ Familiae Minorum Gentium (Joseph Hunter)
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