Robert Stanser

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Robert Stanser (16 March 1760 – 23 December 1828) was an English Church of England clergyman and bishop. He was the second Bishop of Nova Scotia from 1816 to 1824.

Born in England, Stanser was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. He was ordained deacon in 1783 and priest in 1784. In 1791, he was appointed a clergyman at St. Paul's Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia and was soon inducted as the rector of St. Paul's.

In 1816, he was consecrated bishop of Nova Scotia. However due to health reasons, he returned to England in 1817 where he was to remain. He retired in 1824 and was succeeded by John Inglis. He died in Hampton, London in 1828.

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