Arthur Henry Stanton (1839–1913) was an English

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in the latter decades of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Life

Born on 21 June 1839,''Deaths.''

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(London, England), Saturday, Mar 29, 1913; pg. 1; Issue 40172 he was educated at

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and

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, and

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after a period of study at

Ripon College Cuddesdon Ripon College Cuddesdon is a Church of England theological college in Cuddesdon, a village outside Oxford, England. The College trains men and women for ministry in the Church of England: stipendiary, non-stipendiary, local ordained and lay mi ...

in 1862. His only post was as Curate at

St Alban's, Holborn St Alban's Church, Holborn, is a Church of England parish church in Holborn, central London, for a time becoming one of two churches of its parish which retains the name ''and St Peter's Saffron Hill'' to serve the mixed-use zone, notable for jew ...

, 1862–1913. 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 Saint Martin's League was a devotional society in the Church of England for letter carriers. It was founded in 1877 by Arthur Henry Stanton at the Church of St Alban the Martyr, Holborn. Its stated object was "Love to God and Man." :To God: by ...

. At the end of his life he was offered, and rejected, a

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in St Paul's Cathedral.

Death

Following his death on 28 March 1913, 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

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, Waterloo for transport to

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near Woking where a crowd of 1,000 had assembled for his interment.

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* 1839 births 1913 deaths 19th-century English Anglican priests Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford Anglo-Catholic clergy Anglo-Catholic socialists Burials at Brookwood Cemetery English Anglo-Catholics English Christian socialists People educated at Rugby School Clergy from Gloucestershire People from Holborn {{England-reli-bio-stub

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