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EDWARD STANLEY (1779-1849)

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 779 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EDWARD See also:STANLEY (1779-1849)  , See also:bishop of See also:Norwich, the younger See also:brother of the 1st See also:Baron See also:Stanley of Alderley, was See also:born in See also:London and educated at St See also:John's See also:College, See also:Cambridge (16th wrangler, 1802) . He was ordained in 1802 and became See also:rector of Alderley, See also:Cheshire, three years later . Here he took a See also:great See also:interest in See also:education, and encouraged especially the teaching of See also:secular subjects at his school . In 1837 he was consecrated bishop of Norwich . The See also:diocese at this See also:time was conspicuous for laxity and want of discipline, and this he proceeded to remedy, although at first he met w:;.h much opposition . Ordinations and confirmations were held more regularly and frequently, the See also:schools were properly inspected, the See also:Plurality See also:Act was enforced and undesirable See also:clergy were removed . He was tolerant towards Dissenters and supported all missionary undertakings without regarding their sectarian associations . In politics he was a Liberal and devoted himself especially to educational questions . See also:Dean Stanley (see above) was his third son . Stanley's letters, Before and after See also:Waterloo (edited by J . H . Adeane and M .

Grenfell, 1907), are full of interest to students of See also:

Napoleonic See also:history .

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