A. P. S.Son of Edward Stanley, Bishop of Norwich. Entered Rugby School in 1829 under headmaster Thomas Arnold. Educated at Balliol College, Oxford. Ordained as a priest in 1843. Travelled through Egypt and Jerusalem (1852-1853) and published his experience in Sinai and Palestine (1856). Appointed professor of ecclesiastical history at Oxford in 1856. Became Dean of Westminster in 1864, succeeding Richard Chenevix Trench. Proponent of religious tolerance. Married Lady Augusta Stanley, a lady in waiting to Queen Victoria, in January 1864. Biographical information: ODNB. (SCM)