Thomas Stanton (priest)

Thomas Stanton (1806 or 1807[1] – 24 March 1875) was an Anglican cleric who was Archdeacon of Wilts[2] from 1868[3] until 1874.[4]

From Somerset, he was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge.[1] After a curacy at Buckhurst Hill in Essex,[5] he was rector of Holy Trinity at Shaftesbury in Dorset from 1846[6] to 1852;[7] and of All Saints, Burbage, Wiltshire[8] from then[9] until 1874. He was appointed Canon of Sarum in 1859.[4]

He died on 24 March 1875.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Stanton, Thomas (STNN826T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ “Elementary education : a letter to the clergy of the Archdeaconry on the new education bill” Stanton, T: Salisbury, Brown & Co,1870
  3. ^ "Church Rates" The Times (London), Wednesday, 6 Jan 1869; pg. 5; Issue 26327
  4. ^ a b Baggs, A. P.; Freeman, J.; Smith, C.; Stevenson, J. H.; Williamson, E. (1999). "Burbage". In Crowley, D. A. (ed.). A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 16. Victoria County History. University of London. pp. 69–82. Retrieved 18 June 2023 – via British History Online.
  5. ^ "CHURCH AND UNIVERSITIES" The Blackburn Standard (Blackburn, England), Wednesday, 21 June 1837; Issue 129
  6. ^ "Multiple News Items", The Morning Post (London), Thursday, 2 April 1846; p.6; Issue 22567
  7. ^ "ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE" The Morning Chronicle (London), Monday, 12 April 1852; Issue 26613
  8. ^ Kelly’s 1915 Archived 2013-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "CLERICAL" Daily News (London), Friday, 24 December 1852
  10. ^ "Deaths", The Times (London), Thursday, 25 Mar 1875; p.11; Issue 28272
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Wiltshire
1868–1874
Succeeded by