Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815-1881), widely known as Dean Stanley, having been dean of Westminster, was an English liberal theologian, priest and ecclesiastical historian. He was born at Alderley, in Cheshire, son of the rector, who became bishop of Norwich. Having finished his education at Rugby under Dr. Arnold, and afterwards at Balliol College, Oxford, he took orders, and was for 12 years served as tutor in his college. He published his "Life of Dr. Arnold" in 1844, and his "Sinai and Palestine" in 1855, after a visit to the East. For a time, he held a professorship of Ecclesiastical History in Oxford, and published lectures on the Eastern Church, the Jewish Church, the Athanasian Creed, and the Church of Scotland. He accompanied the Prince of Wales to the East in 1862, and became dean of Westminster next year in succession to Trench. "Historical Monuments of Westminster Abbey" and "Christian Institutions" were among his chief works. He had been married to Lady Augusta Bruce, and her death deeply affected him and accelerated his own. He was buried beside her in Henry VII's chapel. He was an amiable man, an interesting writer, and a broad churchman of very pronounced views.

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