George Stanton

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George Henry Stanton (3 September 1835Template:Snd4 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]

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  1. ↑ a b c Template:Australian Dictionary of Biography
  2. ↑ Blain Biographical Directory
  3. ↑ Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 Template:ISBN
  4. ↑ a b c d Template:Cite Australasia
  5. ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  6. ↑ Parish citation
  7. ↑ Genuki
  8. ↑ Template:Church Times
  9. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 Template:ISBN
  10. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  11. ↑ Christ Church cathedral web-site Script error: No such module "webarchive".
  12. ↑ Diocesan History
  13. ↑ The Bishops of Newcastle Script error: No such module "webarchive".
  14. ↑ The Times, Wednesday, Dec 06, 1905; pg. 6; Issue 37883; col D Obituary The Bishop Of Newcastle N.S.W

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Church of England titles
New title Bishop of North Queensland
1878 –1890 Template:S-ttl/check
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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Bishop of Newcastle (Australia)
1890 –1905 Template:S-ttl/check
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