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An English habitational surname from the placename
The county town of Staffordshire; several other places of the same name
Town and borough (pop., 2001: 120,653), county seat of Staffordshire, west-central England. Founded by the daughter of Alfred the Great, the town had its own mint from the reign of Aethelstan to that of Henry II. After being chartered in 1206, it grew as a market town. Parliamentarians demolished its 11th-century walls and castle in 1643 during the English Civil Wars. It is situated on the London-Birmingham-Manchester road and rail routes; its industries include electrical and mechanical engineering. It was the birthplace of Izaak Walton, and its Swan Hotel was associated with Charles Dickens. The borough of Stafford includes a large rural agricultural area and the towns of Stone and Stafford
{i} Sir Edward Stafford (1819-1901), prime minister of New Zealand; Jean Stafford (1915-79), American short story writer; Staffordshire, county in central England; city in Staffordshire (England)

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Sir Richard Stafford Cripps
born April 24, 1889, London, Eng. died April 21, 1952, Zürich, Switz. British statesman. A successful lawyer, he served in Parliament (1931-50). He was on the extreme left of the Labour Party and helped found the Socialist League in 1932. After serving as ambassador to Moscow (1940-42), he joined the British war cabinet and conducted the Cripps Mission (1942), an unsuccessful attempt to rally Indian support against the Japanese. As chancellor of the Exchequer (1947-50), he instituted a rigid austerity program to revive Britain's economy
Sir Stafford Cripps
born April 24, 1889, London, Eng. died April 21, 1952, Zürich, Switz. British statesman. A successful lawyer, he served in Parliament (1931-50). He was on the extreme left of the Labour Party and helped found the Socialist League in 1932. After serving as ambassador to Moscow (1940-42), he joined the British war cabinet and conducted the Cripps Mission (1942), an unsuccessful attempt to rally Indian support against the Japanese. As chancellor of the Exchequer (1947-50), he instituted a rigid austerity program to revive Britain's economy
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