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George Stanton
Anglican bishop (1835–1905) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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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]