| Authorised form of name | Stanley; Arthur Penrhyn (1815 - 1881) |
| Dates | 1815 - 1881 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Alderley Rectory, Cheshire, England |
| Date of birth | 13 December 1815 |
| Place of death | London |
| Date of death | 18 July 1881 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster Abbey |
| Occupation | Clergyman, Church of England |
| Activity | Education:
Rugby; Balliol College, Oxford. BA (1833), DD
Career:
Fellow, University College, Oxford; took Holy Orders; travelled on the Continent (1840); Canon of Canterbury (1851); Regius Professor of Ecclesiatical History, University of Oxford (1856); accompanied Prince of Wales on his Eastern Tour (1862); Dean of Westminster (1864-1881); died of erysepelas
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 04/06/1863 |
| Relationships | Second son of Edward Stanley (FRS 1840) Bishop of Norwich, and his wife Catherine, daughter of Rev Oswald Leycester; nephew of Sir John Thomas Stanley (FRS 1790); brother of Owen Stanley (FRS 1842); married (1863, in Westminster Abbey) Lady Augusta Frederica Elizabeth Bruce, daughter of the 7th Earl of Elgin |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1881-1882 vol 33 pp xx-xxii
References:
Vanity Fair 21 September 1872 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/54137873 |
| Code | NA7236 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1863/15 | Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/7/288 | Letter from A P [Arthur Penrhyn] Stanley, chairman, Westminster Chapter House Restoration Committee, Jerusalem Chamber, Dean's Yard, Westminster, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 3 January 1866 |
| MC/7 | Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1864-1866 |