James Stannus

James Stannus (2 October 1788 – 28 January 1876) was an Irish Anglican priest in the first half of the 19th-century.^[1]

Stannus was the son of Thomas Stannus Member of Parliament (MP) for Portarlington from 1798 to 1800.^[2] He was born in Portarlington and educated at Trinity College, Dublin^[3] After a curacy in Ballinderry he was Rector of Lisburn then Dean of Ross, Ireland from 1829^[4] until his death.^[5]

Arms

Coat of arms of James Stannus
Notes Confirmed 14 May 1857 by Sir John Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms.^[6] Crest A talbot's head proper collared and lined Or in the mouth a martlet Sable. Escutcheon Argent on a fess between three pigeons rising Azure a tiger's face proper between two mullets of the first. Motto Et Vi Et Virtute

Religious titles
Preceded by James Forward Bond	Dean of Ross, Ireland 1830–1875	Succeeded by Isaac Morgan Reeves

^ "The Works of Roger Hutchinson: Fellow of St. John's College" Bruce, J. p15: Cambridge; CUP; 1842
^ "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
^ Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)Burtchaell, G.D/Sadlier, T.U p775: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
^ "The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 1, The Province of Munster" Cotton, H p356 Dublin; Hodges and Smith; 1849
^ Multiple News Items The Morning Post (London, England), Saturday, 29 January 1876; pg. 5; Issue 32320
^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms Vol. F". National Library of Ireland. p. 115. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

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