 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - A bi Staveley ni ilu York, ọmọ William Staveley ati Henrietta Henderson. Ó wọ ẹgbẹ ọmọ ogun ilẹ Gẹẹsì lọdún 1798 gẹgẹ bí ọmọ ẹgbẹ ọmọ ogun. Staveley ja ninu ọpọlọpọ awọn rogbodiyan ninu Ogun Peninsular Ogun ti Talavera, Ogun ti Fuentes de Onoro, Ogun ti Vittoria, Ogun ti Pyrenees : , Ogun ti Toulouse, Siege ti Ciudad Rodrigo ati Ogun ti Badajoz ati ọpọlọpọ awọn iṣe kekere miiran. 