Edward Stanley (bishop)

The Right Reverend Edward Stanley
Bishop of Norwich

Diocese	Diocese of Norwich
In office	1837–1849
Predecessor	Henry Bathurst
Successor	Samuel Hinds
Personal details
Born	(1779-01-01)1 January 1779
Died	6 September 1849(1849-09-06) (aged 70)
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Catherine Leycester
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge

An 1803 portrait of Bishop Stanley by James Green.

Edward Stanley FRS (1 January 1779 – 6 September 1849) was a British clergyman and Bishop of Norwich between 1837 and 1849.

Born in London into a notable Cheshire family, Stanley was the second son of Sir John Stanley, 6th Baronet, and the younger brother of John Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley.

Educated at St John's College, Cambridge (16th wrangler, 1802), he was ordained in 1802 and three years later became rector of Alderley, Cheshire, a position he held for the next 32 years.^[1] Here he took a great interest in education, and encouraged especially the teaching of secular subjects at his school.

In 1837 he was consecrated Bishop of Norwich. The diocese at this time was conspicuous for laxity and want of discipline and this he proceeded to remedy, although at first he met with much opposition. Ordinations and confirmations were held more regularly and frequently, the schools were properly inspected, the Plurality Act (which prohibited the holding of more than one benefice by a clergyman except in certain cases) was enforced and undesirable clergy were removed. He was tolerant towards Dissenters and supported all missionary undertakings without regarding their sectarian associations. In politics he was a Liberal and devoted himself especially to educational questions.

Stanley's letters, Before and after Waterloo (edited by JH Adeane and M Grenfell, 1907), are full of interest to students of Napoleonic history.

Bishop Stanley was the original Patron of the Ipswich Museum, and presided at its opening in 1847. An oil portrait is displayed in the Museum.^[2]

From 1837 to 1849 he was President of the Linnean Society.

He is buried in the nave of Norwich cathedral. He had married Catherine, eldest daughter of Oswald Leycester (another notable Cheshire family) in 1810: they had five children, including Owen Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley and Mary Stanley.

He appears as a character in Alan Garner's novel Strandloper.

References

↑ "Stanley, Edward (STNY798E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ R. A. D. Markham, A Rhino in High Street (Ipswich Borough Council 1991).

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "^{article name needed}". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

External links

Works by Edward Stanley at Project Gutenberg
Works by or about Edward Stanley at Internet Archive
Prothero, Rowland Edmund (1898). "Edward Stanley (1779-1849)". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography. 54. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Henry Bathurst	Bishop of Norwich 1837–1849	Succeeded by Samuel Hinds

Bishops of Norwich

Bishops of Elmham	Bedwinus Northbertus Headulacus Æthelfrith Eanfrith Æthelwulf Alherdus Sybba Hunferthus Humbertus See interrupted Eadwulf Ælfric I Theodred I Theodred II Athelstan Ælfgar Ælfwine Ælfric II Ælfric III Stigand Grimketel Stigand (again) Æthelmær Herfast see removed to Thetford

Bishops of Thetford	Herfast William de Beaufeu Herbert de Losinga see removed to Norwich

High Medieval	Herbert de Losinga Everard of Calne William de Turbeville John of Oxford John de Gray Pandulf Verraccio Thomas Blunville Simon of Elmham William de Raley Walter Suffield Simon Walton Roger Skerning William Middleton Ralph Walpole

Late Medieval	John Salmon Robert Baldock William Ayermin Thomas Hemenhale Antony Bek William Bateman Thomas Percy Henry le Despenser Alexander Tottington Richard Courtenay John Wakering William Alnwick Thomas Brunce Walter Hart James Goldwell Thomas Jane

Early modern	Richard Nykke William Rugg Thomas Thirlby John Hopton John Parkhurst Edmund Freke Edmund Scambler William Redman John Jegon John Overall Samuel Harsnett Francis White Richard Corbet Matthew Wren Richard Montagu Joseph Hall Edward Reynolds Anthony Sparrow William Lloyd John Moore Charles Trimnell Thomas Green John Leng William Baker Robert Butts Thomas Gooch Samuel Lisle Thomas Hayter Philip Yonge Lewis Bagot George Horne Charles Manners-Sutton

Late modern	Henry Bathurst Edward Stanley Samuel Hinds John Pelham John Sheepshanks Bertram Pollock Percy Herbert Launcelot Fleming Maurice Wood Peter Nott Graham James

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 17401071 LCCN: n88142911 ISNI: 0000 0001 1600 8902 GND: 132767988 SUDOC: 066994616 BNF: cb137437039 (data) NLA: 35174379

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