Surname: Stanley Forename(s): Edward b. 1 January 1779. d. 6 September 1849. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet and Church of England clergyman. Father of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley. Born in London.
Educated at St John’s College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1805. Curate in Alderley, Cheshire.
Married Catherine Leycester in 1810. Promoter of education and church reform. Appointed
Bishop of Norwich in 1837. Biographical information: Curran Index, ODNB. (AC)