James Stannus (2 October 1788 – 28 January 1876) was an
Irish Anglican
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...
priest
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in the first half of the 19th-century.
Stannus was the son of
Thomas Stannus Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
(MP) for
Portarlington from 1798 to 1800.
He was born in
Portarlington and educated at
Trinity College, Dublin
, name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin
, motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin)
, motto_lang = la
, motto_English = It will last i ...
After a
curacy in
Ballinderry he was
Rector
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Style or title
*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
of
Lisburn
Lisburn (; ) is a city in Northern Ireland. It is southwest of Belfast city centre, on the River Lagan, which forms the boundary between County Antrim and County Down. First laid out in the 17th century by English and Welsh settlers, with ...
then
Dean of Ross, Ireland
The Dean of Ross is based at the Cathedral Church of St. Fachtna in Rosscarbery in the Diocese of Ross within the united Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, bishopric of Cork, Cloyne and Ross of the Church of Ireland.
The incumbent is Cliff Jeffers.
...
from 1829 until his death.
[Multiple News Items '' The Morning Post'' (London, England), Saturday, 29 January 1876; pg. 5; Issue 32320]
Arms
References
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Deans of Ross, Ireland
1876 deaths
1788 births
People from Portarlington, County Laois
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