title: James Stannus
text: # James Stannus
  
  James Stannus (2 October 1788 – 28 January 1876) was an Irish Anglican priest in the first half of the 19th-century.
  
  Stannus was the son of Thomas Stannus Member of Parliament (MP) for Portarlington from 1798 to 1800. He was born in Portarlington and educated at Trinity College, Dublin After a curacy in Ballinderry he was Rector of Lisburn then Dean of Ross, Ireland from 1829 until his death.
  
  ## Arms
  
  Coat of arms of James Stannus :
  
  * NotesConfirmed 14 May 1857 by Sir John Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms.
  * CrestA talbot's hea Porper collared and lined Or in the mouth a martlet Sable.
  * EscutcheonArgent on a fess between three pigeons rising Azure a tiger's face Porper between two mullets of the first.
  * MottoEt Vi Et Virtute
  
  Religious titles :
  
  | Preceded byJames Forward Bond | Dean of Ross, Ireland 1830–1875 | Succeeded byIsaac Morgan Reeves |
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