A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Stacpoole, Michael
STACPOOLE. (Commander, 1818. f-p., 10; h-p., 33.)
Michael Stacpoole died about the commencement of 1847. He was youngest son of Geo. Stacpoole, Esq., of Cragbrien, co. Clare, by Jane, daughter of Andrew Lysaght, Esq., of Kilcoman, co. Clare, who married Mary, sister of Hon. Matthias Finucane, one of the Judges of the Common Pleas in Ireland. He was brother of the present Very Reverend Wm. Henry Stacpoole, D.D., of Cragbrien, Dean of Kilfenora; and of the late Lieut.-Colonel Hugh Stacpoole, of the 45th Regt.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Nov. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. George 98, Capts. Hon. Michael De Courcy and Thos. Bertie. In that ship, of which he became Midshipman in Nov. 1805, he served for two years and eight months on the West India, Halifax, and Channel stations. He then joined the Tonnant 80, bearing the flag of the Hon. M. De Courcy, with whom he sailed in the spring of 1809 for the Brazils in the Diana 38, and continued there employed, in the Foudroyant 80, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Jan. 1812. In the Tonnant he accompanied Sir John Duckworth in pursuit of a French squadron to the West Indies and coast of America, and assisted, in Jan. 1809, in embarking the remains of Sir John Moore’s army at Corunna. From 1813 until May, 1815, he served in the Centurion 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Edw. Griffith, Tenedos 38, Capt. Hyde Parker, Chesapeake 38, Capts. Alex. Gordon and Geo. Burdett, and Furieuse 36, Capt. Wm. Mounsey, all on the Halifax station, where he was further, from 9 Feb. 1818 until promoted to the rank of Commander 7 Dec. following, employed in the Grasshopper 18, Capt. Henry Forbes. He did not afterwards, we believe, go afloat.
Commander Stacpoole married, 29 Oct. 1829, Charlotte, daughter of Wm. Casaubon Purdon, Esq., of Tinerana, co. Clare, Major in the 7th Dragoon Guards, and grandniece of Henry Prettie, first Lord Dunalley. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.