George Stanton

George Henry Stanton (3 September 1835 – 4 December 1905)[1] was an Anglican bishop[2] in the second half of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th.[3]

For the Scottish sculptor, silversmith and portrait miniaturist, see George Clark Stanton.

George Stanton, Bishop of North Queensland, c. 1905

Stanton was born in Stratford, Essex, England[1] and educated at Hertford College, Oxford graduating B.A. in 1858 and M.A. in 1862, receiving the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1878.[4] He was ordained deacon in 1858[4][5] by Charles Sumner, Bishop of Winchester, and priest in 1859,[1] and was Curate of Christ's Church, Rotherhithe,[4][6] from 1858 to 1862; of All Saints', Maidstone, from 1862 to 1864, of St. Saviour's, Fitzroy Square, London, from 1864 to 1867; and vicar of Holy Trinity, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, London, from 1867 to 1878.[4]

Stanton was Vicar of Holy Trinity, Lincoln's Inn Fields[7] He was consecrated a bishop by Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury, on the Feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist 1878 (24 June) at St Paul's Cathedral.[8] Appointed the inaugural Bishop of North Queensland [9] in 1878,[10] he was translated[11] to Newcastle, NSW[12] in 1891[13] and died in post on 5 December 1905.[14]

References
  1. Rowland, E. C. "Stanton, George Henry (1835–1905)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 4 February 2013 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  2. Blain Biographical Directory
  3. Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  4. Mennell, Philip (1892). "Stanton, Right Rev. George Henry" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  5. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  6. Parish citation
  7. Genuki
  8. "Consecration of bishops". Church Times (#805). 28 June 1878. p. 363. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 26 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  9. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  10. "St George's Cathedral Parish". Archived from the original on 7 July 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  11. Christ Church cathedral web-site Archived May 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  12. Diocesan History
  13. The Bishops of Newcastle Archived 2009-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
  14. The Times, Wednesday, Dec 06, 1905; pg. 6; Issue 37883; col D Obituary The Bishop Of Newcastle N.S.W
Church of England titles
New title Bishop of North Queensland
1878 –1891		 Succeeded by
Christopher George Barlow
Preceded by
Josiah Brown Pearson		 Bishop of Newcastle (Australia)
1891 –1905		 Succeeded by
John Francis Stretch


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