Valentine Stapleton

Valentine Stapleton (died 16 July 1911) was an English local politician who served as Vice-Chairman of Kesteven County Council and Mayor of Stamford, Lincolnshire.

Career Stapleton was admitted a solicitor in 1863 and practised in and around the Lincolnshire town of Stamford for over 40 years, eventually as a partner in Stapleton and Son. He was clerk to Law and Hutcheson's Charity in King's Cliffe and to the village's schools. He also owned Market Deeping Brewery, which he eventually sold, and went to live in Deeping around 1898. but was elected an alderman at the Council's first meeting in February 1889, finishing joint sixth with 24 votes; he would have to stand again in 1895. He was duly re-elected in 1895, 1901, and 1907. He was elected its Vice-Chairman in 1904, following the death of Sir Hugh Cholmeley, 3rd Baronet. As his health began to deteriorate, he stepped down in 1909, being succeeded by Sir Charles Welby, 5th Baronet. He tendered his resignation from the Council entirely, although other members implored him to remain, which he did. He was largely inactive on the Council for the last couple of years of his life.