Samuel Stanley (1767-1822) was an English cellist and composer of hymn tunes.
Born in Birmingham, he was precentor (leader of the choir) at Carr's Lane Chapel until 1818, when he and some of that congregation moved to Ebenezer Chapel in Steelhouse Lane.
He also kept the Crown Tavern in Great Charles Street.
After his death, a third book was published, Sacred Music, Comprising Twenty New Psalm & Hymn Tunes (c.1825).
[3] The Christmas hymn 'Star of Bethlehem', from Stanley's second book, with words by Jehoiada Brewer, is still sung as part of the Sheffield carol tradition, as well as being claimed as a Cornish carol.