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     Francis A. Staples is the son of Major A. J. Staples.¹ He married Sarah Anne Phillips, daughter of Major Peter William Garside Phillips and Anne Patricia Tiarks, on 9 May 1981 at Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Great Somerford, Wiltshire, England^G.¹
     He lived at Garden Cottage, Daunstey, Wiltshire, England^G.¹ He was a Lloyd's underwriter.¹

     Ann Tripp was the daughter of John Tripp.¹ She married Brig.-Gen. William Owen, son of Lt.-Gen. John Owen and Anne Owen, on 20 June 1771.² She died on 20 September 1809.²
     From 20 June 1771, her married name became Owen.²

     John Tripp lived at Huntspill, Somerset, England^G.² He was a practising barrister.¹

     Lt.-Gen. John Owen was the son of Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Bt. and Emma Williams.² He married Anne Owen, daughter of Charles Owen.³ He died in January 1776.¹
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for West Looe.³

     Anne Owen is the daughter of Charles Owen.¹ She married Lt.-Gen. John Owen, son of Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Bt. and Emma Williams.²

     Charles Owen lived at Nash, Shropshire, England^G.¹

     Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Bt. was the son of Sir Hugh Owen, 2nd Bt. and Anne Owen.² He married Emma Williams, daughter of Sir William Williams, 1st Bt. and Margaret Cyffin.³ He died on 6 June 1753.¹
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Pembroke between 1695 and 1727.³ He succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Owen, of Orielton, co. Pembroke [E., 1641] in 1698.³ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire.³ In 1701 he rode from Wales and reached Westminster in time to vote for the Act of Settlement 1701 securing the Hanoverian succession, which passed by one vote only.³

     Emma Williams is the daughter of Sir William Williams, 1st Bt. and Margaret Cyffin.^1,2 She married Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Bt., son of Sir Hugh Owen, 2nd Bt. and Anne Owen.³
     Her married name became Owen.¹

     Sir William Williams, 1st Bt. was born circa 1634.² He was the son of Reverend Hugh Williams and Emma Dolben.³ He married Margaret Cyffin, daughter of Watkin Cyffin, on 14 April 1664.² He died on 11 July 1700.²
     He was educated at Jesus College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.² He was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1658 entitled to practise as a barrister.² He held the office of Recorder of Chester between 1667 and 1684.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Whig) for Chester between 1675 and 1681.² He held the office of Speaker of the House of Commons from 1680 to March 1680/81.¹ He held the office of Treasurer of Gray's Inn in 1681.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Whig) for Montgomery in 1685, but the election was declared void.² He was appointed Knight in 1687.² He held the office of Solicitor-General in 1687.² He held the office of Recorder of Chester between 1687 and 1700.² In June 1688 he unsuccessfully led for the Crown in the Trial of the Seven Bishops (for seditious libel, the seditious libel in question consisting of their petitioning King JamesS II to be let off having to order their diocesan clerics to promulgate the Second Declaration of Indulgence.)² He was created 1st Baronet Williams, of Wynnstay, co. Denbigh [England] on 6 July 1688.² He was King's Counsel (K.C.) in 1689.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Whig) for Beaumaris from 1689 to 1690.² In October 1689 despite his promotion under King James II he supported the Glorious Revolution, though he never again held office, apart from that of Lord-Lieutenant of Merionethshire.² He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Merionethshire between October 1689 and March 1690.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Whig) for Beaumaris between 1695 and 1698.²