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STANYAN, TEMPLE, younger son of Lawrence Stanyan, Monken Hadley, Middlesex, merchant, farmer and Commissioner of Revenue (I), and Dorothy, dau. of Henry Knapp, Woodcote, South Stoke, Oxfordshire; b.; adm.; KS 1691; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1695, matr. 18 Jun 1695, aged 18, Westminster Student 30 Dec 1695 – void 1700; Clerk, Secretary of State’s Office Feb 1708 – Feb 1709, Chief Clerk Feb 1709 – Jul 1711, Sep 1713 – Aug 1715, Under-Secretary Oct 1715 – Jun 1729; Clerk in Ordinary, Privy Council, from 3 Feb 1719/20 [previously Clerk Extraordinary from 1717 ?]; FRS 12 May 1726; author, Grecian History, 1739; m. 1st, Elizabeth, widow of William Boys, Hawkhurst, Kent, and dau. of Sir Anthony Shirley, Bart.; m. 2nd, 2 Jan 1720/1 Susanna, only dau. of Dr. Thomas Hobbs, Asley, Hampshire; m. 3rd, 28 Apr 1726 Grace, dau. of Grimbold Pauncefort, Clater Park, Herefs.; d. 29 Mar 1752. DNB.

STANTON, ROBERT, son of William Stanton, Newport, Shropshire; b.; adm. (perhaps --- Stanton (at school c. 1660 (qv)); KS 1661; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1663, matr. 3 Jul 1663, aged 18, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1663 – void 1680; BA 1667; MA 23 Mar 1669/70.

STANTON, FREDERICK SMITH, fifth son of William Henry Stanton MP, The Thrupp, Gloucs., and Jane, eldest dau. of Roger Smith, The Manor House, Walworth, Surrey; b. 21 Oct 1832; adm. 24 Jan 1844 (Benthall's); EI Coll. Addiscombe 1849-50; 2nd Lieut., Bengal Engineers 9 Dec 1850; Lieut., 11 May 1855; Capt., 27 Aug 1858; Maj., 5 Jul 1872; Superintendent Engineer, 1st grade 18 Apr 1874; Lieut. -Col., 10 Mar 1876; Col., 16 Sep 1886; retd., hon. rank Major-Gen., 28 Mar 1887; Director-Gen. of Railways, Calcutta; served in Indian Mutiny; m. 27 May 1862 his cousin Anne Maria, eldest dau. of Thomas Starkey, Huddersfield, Yorks.; d. 22 Jan 1892.

STANTON, ---; b.; at school c. 1660 (Busby’s Account Book : but see Stanton, Robert).

STANTON, ---; b.; in school lists 1764, 1765.

Stansbury, Peter McKnight, son of Harold Eugene Stansbury and Florence Lilian, d. of Henry Robertson of Muswell Hill; b. 3 Mar. 1942; adm. Apr. 1955 (W); left Dec. 1959; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1960; an art book publisher and bookseller; d. 15 Oct 2015.

STANNYNOUGH, PETER, son of Lawrence Stannynough, Wrightington, Lancs.; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1642; had a special order to pass in Nov and Dec 1642, and allowed to come up to Christ Church by Parliament Apr 1643 (Madan, Oxford Books, ii, 681), matr. 16 May 1643, aged 17, Westminster Student; BA 1646; ejected from Studentship by Parliamentary Visitors for non-submission 8 Jul 1648; ordained; Curate, Liverpool, Lancs., 1651; Rector of Aughton, Lancs., from 6 Mar 1651 (but not instituted until 27 Oct 1662); “appointed King’s Preacher at the Restoration” [what does this mean ? Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles II ?]; d. 28 Feb 1674.