Biography of William Stanton 1639-1705

 Church of St John the Baptist Stanwick St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton Beverley Minster Belton House St Mary Magdalene's Church, Croome D'Abitot St Mary the Virgin Church, Elmley Church of All Hallows, Great Mitton

William Stanton 1639-1705 is in Sculptors.

In 1639 William Stanton was born.

Around 1660 William Stanton (age 21) had set up a business adjacent to St Andrew's Church, Holborn.

On 21 Oct 1670 Hugh Smithson 1st Baronet (age 72) died at his home in Tottenham High Cross. His son Jerome Smithson 2nd Baronet (age 38) succeeded 2nd Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire. He was buried in the Church of St John the Baptist Stanwick [Map].

Monument to Hugh Smithson 1st Baronet (age 72) and Dorothy Royston sculpted by William Stanton (age 31). Note the effigies appears to have been sourced differently since hers has no mottling.

Hugh Smithson 1st Baronet: Around 1598 he was born to Antony Smithson.

Jerome Smithson 2nd Baronet: In 1632 he was born to Hugh Smithson 1st Baronet. In 1684 Jerome Smithson 2nd Baronet died. His son Hugh Smithson 3rd Baronet succeeded 3rd Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire.

After 24 Nov 1679. St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map]. Monument to John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet (deceased) sculpted by William Stanton (age 40).

On 02 Dec 1680 William Ellis (age 71) died. He was buried at Nocton, North Kesteven where he has a monument attributed to William Stanton (age 41).

William Ellis: In 1609 he was born.

In 1681 [his son] Edward Stanton was born to William Stanton (age 42).

On 07 Nov 1682 Susan Paulett died. Monument in Beverley Minster [Map]. Sculpted by William Stanton (age 43).

Susan Paulett: she was born to John Paulett 1st Baron Paulett and Elizabeth Ken Baroness Poulett. Before 1648 Michael Wharton and she were married.

In 1686 William Stanton (age 47) became Master Mason at Belton House [Map].

From 1689 William Stanton (age 50) was commissioned to work at Denham Place.

On 16 Jul 1697 John Brownlow 3rd Baronet (age 38) committed suicide after suffering from severe gout. His brother William Brownlow 4th Baronet (age 31) succeeded 4th Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire and inherited Belton House [Map]. Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow (age 30) by marriage Lady Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire.

Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map] sculpted by William Stanton (age 58).

On 15 Jul 1699 Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 70) died. His son Thomas Coventry 2nd Earl Coventry (age 37) succeeded 2nd Earl Coventry, 6th Baron Coventry. Anne Somerset Countess Coventry (age 25) by marriage Countess Coventry. He was buried in St Mary Magdalene's Church, Croome D'Abitot [Map].

Monument in St Mary the Virgin Church, Elmley [Map]. The Monument was commissioned by his second wife (age 29) but rejected by his son. She was, apparently, somewhat imaginative in describing her provenance to the point that the second Earl (age 37), son of the first Earl's first wife, refused to have the monument erected over his father's remains.

High quality. Monument including a white marble figure elbow reclining on a deep chest in front of a lengthy inscription and under an arch crowned with armorial bearings. Large sub-figures flank the chest and the armorial bearings. Earl's coronet. Signed by William Stanton (age 60). Powdered Wig. Heeled Shoes. Buckled Shoes.

Thomas Coventry 2nd Earl Coventry: Around 1662 he was born to Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry and Winifred Edgecumbe. In 1691 Thomas Coventry 2nd Earl Coventry and Anne Somerset Countess Coventry were married. She the daughter of Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort and Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort. He the son of Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry and Winifred Edgecumbe. In Aug 1710 Thomas Coventry 2nd Earl Coventry died. His son Thomas Coventry 3rd Earl Coventry succeeded 3rd Earl Coventry, 7th Baron Coventry.

Anne Somerset Countess Coventry: On 22 Jul 1673 she was born to Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort and Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort. On 14 Feb 1763 Anne Somerset Countess Coventry died at Snitterfield.

Mary Glanville: she was born to John Glanville. In 1636 Colonel Piers Edgecumbe and she were married at St Dunstan's in the West, Fleet Street.

From 1701 William Stanton (age 62) was working at Stoneyhurst Clitheroe.

After 1702. Monument to Richard Francis Shireburn 1693-1702. Church of All Hallows, Great Mitton [Map]. Sculpted by William Stanton (age 63). Figure of boy against Reredos background, with Cherubs commissioned by Isabel Ingleby.

Isabel Ingleby: Richard Shireburn and she were married. In 1627 she was born to John Ingleby of Lawkland. On 02 Apr 1693 she died.

In 1705 William Stanton (age 66) died.

[his son] Thomas Stanton was born to William Stanton.