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Governor of Montserrat and the Leeward Islands (died 1686)
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Sir William Stapleton, 1st Baronet was an Irish colonial administrator and planter who served as the governor of the Leeward Islands from 1671 to 1686, when he died in office. Born in Ireland to a family of Norman descent, William, as a Royalist during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, followed Charles II into exile in France.
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