Westminster School dormitory by StantonNorth side of Westminster Abbey by Stanton
Edward Stanton (1681–1734) was an English stonemason, builder and sculptor.
Life
Memorial to Sir Francis Russell, Strensham Church (detail)Monument to Sir robert Kemp in St Mary's church GissingMemorial to Bishop William Fleetwood in
Ely CathedralPlaque for Rev Thomas Smoult in Barkway, Hertfordshire
He was the son of
William Stanton, mason (1639–1705) and was apprenticed to his father, along with his brother, Thomas Stanton, and admitted a member of the
Worshipful Company of Masons of the
City of London in 1702. His first recorded work is a monument at
Mitton in
Yorkshire to Richard and Isabel Shireburn, 1699, and he is known to have carved over 40 monuments between then and 1718, as well as chimneypieces (for example at
Aynhoe Park,
Northamptonshire) and
Knowsley Hall,
Lancashire. In 1720, Stanton was appointed Mason to
Westminster Abbey, a post he held until his death, and in which his chief work was rebuilding the north front of the church.[citation needed]
Stanton served as Warden of the Masons' Company in 1713 and 1716, and as Master in 1719. From 1720 onwards he abandoned memorials and worked exclusively on
Westminster Abbey (this is likely to have been a contractual obligation).
He died in 1734, and was buried near his parents at
St. Andrew, Holborn in the city of London.
Family
He married three times, firstly to a daughter of
Samuel Fulkes, his third wife being the daughter of
Robert Churchill, mason and bricklayer.
His son Edward Stanton was a linen draper in
Fleet Street "at the Golden Key".