Thomas Stanton (priest) explained

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

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

He died on 24 March 1875.[9]

Notes and References

  1. “Elementary education : a letter to the clergy of the Archdeaconry on the new education bill” Stanton, T: Salisbury, Brown & Co,1870
  2. "Church Rates" The Times (London), Wednesday, 6 Jan 1869; pg. 5; Issue 26327
  3. Book: Baggs . A. P. . A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 16 . Freeman . J. . Smith . C. . Stevenson . J. H. . Williamson . E. . 1999 . University of London . Crowley . D. A. . . 69–82 . Burbage . 18 June 2023 . British History Online.
  4. "CHURCH AND UNIVERSITIES" The Blackburn Standard (Blackburn, England), Wednesday, 21 June 1837; Issue 129
  5. "Multiple News Items", The Morning Post (London), Thursday, 2 April 1846; p.6; Issue 22567
  6. "ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE" The Morning Chronicle (London), Monday, 12 April 1852; Issue 26613
  7. http://www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk/Items/Burbage%20-%20Kellys%201915.pdf Kelly’s 1915
  8. "CLERICAL" Daily News (London), Friday, 24 December 1852
  9. "Deaths", The Times (London), Thursday, 25 Mar 1875; p.11; Issue 28272

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