Arthur Henry Stanton (1839–1913) was an English Anglo-Catholic priest in the latter decades of the 19th and early 20th centuries.Roger T. Stearn, ‘Stanton, Arthur Henry (1839–1913)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2011 accessed 28 Jan 2014
Life Born on 21 June 1839,Deaths. The Times (London, England), Saturday, Mar 29, 1913; pg. 1; Issue 40172 he was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Oxford,UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE The Morning Post (London, England), Friday, June 27, 1862; pg. 6; Issue 27621 and ordained after a period of study at Cuddesdon Theological College in 1862. His only post was as Curate at St Alban's, Holborn, 1862–1913.Kelway, Clifton (1915) The Story of the Catholic Revival. London: Cope & Fenwick; p. 78 Stanton was an indefatigable champion of the poor, staunch champion of rituals, 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."The Life of Father Dolling" Osborne, C.E p 17: London, Edward Arnold, 1903 At the end of his life he was offered, and rejected, a prebendal stall in St Paul's Cathedral.Project Canterbury
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 the crowded streets from his Holborn church to the London Necropolis railway station, Waterloo for transport to Brookwood Cemetery near Woking where a crowd of 1,000 had assembled for his interment.
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Further reading G. W. E. Russell Saint Alban the Martyr, Holborn. London: George Allen
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