Arthur Stanton (priest)

Arthur Henry Stanton (1839–1913) was an English Anglo-Catholic priest in the latter decades of the 19th and early 20th centuries.[1]

The Reverend Arthur Stanton
Born	Arthur Henry Stanton 21 June 1839 Upfield, England
Died	28 March 1913 (aged 73) Upfield, England
Alma mater	Trinity College, Oxford Ripon College Cuddesdon
Religion	Christianity (Anglican)
Church	Church of England
Ordained	1862 (deacon) 1864 (priest)
Congregations served	St Alban's Church, Holborn

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 ritual, 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]

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 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

1. 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
2. Deaths. The Times (London, England), Saturday, Mar 29, 1913; pg. 1; Issue 40172
3. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE The Morning Post (London, England), Friday, June 27, 1862; pg. 6; Issue 27621
4. "Parish historical overview". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
5. Kelway, Clifton (1915) The Story of the Catholic Revival. London: Cope & Fenwick; p. 78
6. "The Life of Father Dolling" Osborne,C.E p 17: London, Edward Arnold, 1903
7. Project Canterbury
8. Parsons, Brian (2001). The London Way of Death. Sutton Publishing. p. 52. ISBN 0-7509-2539-6.

Further reading

• Russell, G. W. E. Saint Alban the Martyr, Holborn. London: George Allen