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George Stanhope

Dean of Canterbury

Died when: 68 years 13 days (816 months)
Star Sign: Pisces

 

George Stanhope

George Stanhope (5 March 1660 – 18 March 1728) was a clergyman of the Church of England, rising to be Dean of Canterbury and a Royal Chaplain.

He was also amongst the commissioners responsible for the building of fifty new churches in London, and a leading figure in church politics of the early 18th century.

Stanhope also founded the Stanhope School in 1715.


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