STENNING, GEORGE COVEY, second son of William Stenning, East Grinstead, Sussex, timber merchant, and Mary Child, eldest dau. of John Cuthbert Joyner, Denmark Hill, Surrey; b. 23 Sep 1840; at St. Nicholas Coll., Shoreham, Sussex Oct 1850 – Jul 1851; adm. 7 Oct 1852 (James'); QS 1855; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1859, adm. pens. 21 Jun 1859; BA 1863; MA 1866; ordained deacon 1863, priest 1864 (both Winchester); Curate, St. Thomas’s, Ryde, Isle of Wight 1863-5, Holy Trinity, Ryde 1867-71, St. Mary’s, Southampton, Hampshire 1871-3; Rector of Beaulieu, Hampshire 1873-86; Vicar of All Saints, Alton, Hampshire 1886-92; Rector of Bishopstoke, Hampshire 1892-6; Rector of Overton, Hampshire 1896-1909; Hon. Canon, Winchester 1899; m. 27 Sep 1870 Emily Louisa, eldest dau. of Capt. Edward Williams Pilkington, Royal Navy, Chilgrove, Sussex; d. 7 Dec 1915.