Sir John Staples (4 December 1815 – 16 January 1888) was a British Leatherseller and politician. He served as the Lord Mayor of London in 1885, and Sheriff of the City of London in 1877.
Life and work
Staples was born 4 December 1815. His father John was a native of Laverstock, Wiltshire.
He was a Master of the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers. The Federation by the Governors of the Leathersellers' Federation of Schools established the Sir John Staples Society in his honour.
He was a Member of the Metropolitan Board of Works for the City of London (1884-1885).
Staples died on 16 January 1888, aged 73 and was buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery.