George Henry Stanton (3 September 18354 December 1905) was an Anglican bishopBlain Biographical Directory in the second half of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th.Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991
Stanton was born in Stratford, Essex, England and educated at Hertford College, Oxford graduating B.A. in 1858 and M.A. in 1862, receiving the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1878. He was ordained deacon in 1858"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889 by Charles Sumner, Bishop of Winchester, and priest in 1859, and was Curate of Christ Church, Rotherhithe,Parish citation from 1858 to 1862; of All Saints Church, Maidstone, from 1862 to 1864, of St. Saviour's, Fitzroy Square, London, from 1864 to 1867; and vicar of Holy Trinity, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, London, from 1867 to 1878.
Stanton was Vicar of Holy Trinity, Lincoln's Inn Fields He was consecrated a bishop by Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury, on the Feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist 1878 (24 June) at St Paul's Cathedral. Appointed the inaugural Bishop of North QueenslandCrockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 in 1878, he was translatedChrist Church cathedral web-site to Newcastle, NSWDiocesan History in 1890The Bishops of Newcastle and died in post on 5 December 1905.The Times, Wednesday, Dec 06, 1905; pg. 6; Issue 37883; col D Obituary The Bishop Of Newcastle N.S.W
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