Robert Stanser

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.^[1] 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.

References

^ Robert Stanser in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.

Robert Stanser at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

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Name	Stanser, Robert
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Date of birth	16 March 1760
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Date of death	23 December 1828
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