Arthur Stanton (priest)
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.jpg) Stanton in 1890 | |
| Born | Arthur Henry Stanton 21 June 1839 Upfield, England |
| Died | 28 March 1913 (aged 73) Upfield, England |
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| Religion | Christianity (Anglican) |
| Church | Church of England |
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Congregations served | St Alban's Church, Holborn |
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Arthur Henry Stanton (1839–1913) was an English Anglo-Catholic priest in the latter decades of the 19th and early 20th centuries.[1]
Life[edit]
Born on 21 June 1839,[2] he was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Oxford,[3] and ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1862. His only post was as Curate at St Alban's, Holborn,[4] 1862–1913.[5] Stanton was an indefatigable champion of the poor, staunch champion of rituals, and exuberant preacher. He attracted devoted supporters and horrified critics in equal measure. In 1877, he founded a society for postmen, the Saint Martin's League.[6] At the end of his life he was offered, and rejected, a prebendal stall in St Paul's Cathedral.[7]
Death[edit]
Following his death on 28 March 1913,[2] his funeral took place on 1 April 1913. Fellow clergy escorted his coffin as it was carried on a wheeled bier through the crowded streets from his Holborn church to the London Necropolis railway station, Waterloo for transport to Brookwood Cemetery near Woking where a crowd of 1,000 had assembled for his interment.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ Roger T. Stearn, ‘Stanton, Arthur Henry (1839–1913)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2011 accessed 28 Jan 2014
- ^ a b Deaths. The Times (London, England), Saturday, Mar 29, 1913; pg. 1; Issue 40172
- ^ UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE The Morning Post (London, England), Friday, June 27, 1862; pg. 6; Issue 27621
- ^ "Parish historical overview". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ Kelway, Clifton (1915) The Story of the Catholic Revival. London: Cope & Fenwick; p. 78
- ^ "The Life of Father Dolling" Osborne,C.E p 17: London, Edward Arnold, 1903
- ^ Project Canterbury
- ^ Parsons, Brian (2001). The London Way of Death. Sutton Publishing. p. 52. ISBN 0-7509-2539-6.
Further reading[edit]
- G. W. E. Russell Saint Alban the Martyr, Holborn. London: George Allen
External links[edit]
Media related to Arthur Stanton (priest) at Wikimedia Commons
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