Anglican bishop (1835–1905)
George Stanton, Bishop of North Queensland, c. 1905
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]
References
^ a b c Rowland, E. C. "Stanton, George Henry (1835–1905)" . Australian Dictionary of Biography . Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University . ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7 . ISSN 1833-7538 . OCLC 70677943 . Retrieved 4 February 2013 .
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^ a b c d Mennell, Philip (1892). "Stanton, Right Rev. George Henry" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography . London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource .
^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
^ Parish citation
^ Genuki
^ "Consecration of bishops" . Church Times . No. 805. 28 June 1878. p. 363. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 26 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
^ "St George's Cathedral Parish" . Archived from the original on 7 July 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2009 .
^ Christ Church cathedral web-site Archived May 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ Diocesan History
^ The Bishops of Newcastle Archived 2009-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ The Times , Wednesday, Dec 06, 1905; pg. 6; Issue 37883; col D Obituary The Bishop Of Newcastle N.S.W
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