George Best ( – 2 May 1829) was a
Church of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain ...
priest in Maritime Canada.
Best married Elizabeth Stanser, a daughter of
Robert Stanser
Robert Stanser (16 March 1760 – 23 December 1828) was an English Church of England bishop. He was the second Bishop of Nova Scotia from 1816 to 1824.
Born in England, Stanser was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. He was ordained d ...
who was the bishop of Nova Scotia, on 21 August 1820.
When the diocese of Nova Scotia was divided into four sub-sections, he was selected for one of them and was appointed the first archdeacon of New Brunswick in 1824.
This position was under the direction of
John Inglis who had succeeded Stanser as bishop. He was also reluctantly the first president of King's College, Fredericton.
[ He was succeeded as archdeacon by George Coster, who was the archdeacon of Newfoundland.][
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References
External links
Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
1790s births
1829 deaths
Canadian Anglican priests
Year of birth uncertain
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