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]
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 Church, Rotherhithe, [4] [6] from 1858 to 1862; of All Saints Church, 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 1890 [13] and died in post on 5 December 1905. [14]
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]
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 Church, Rotherhithe, [4] [6] from 1858 to 1862; of All Saints Church, 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 1890 [13] and died in post on 5 December 1905. [14]