Edward Stanton (sculptor)

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] He was in partnership with sculptor Christopher Horsnaile for a large part of his career.

From 1720 onwards he abandoned memorials and worked exclusively on Westminster Abbey (this is likely to have been a contractual obligation).

His son Edward Stanton was a linen draper in Fleet Street "at the Golden Key".