Born in Chorley, Leyland.1,2

From Cambridge Alumni :-
"Second son"

Christened in Preston, Leyland.3

Father - John Stanning
Mother - Harriet Sarah

Recorded in census in Chorley, Leyland (Broadfield).7

Educated Cambridge University, Trinity.1

Admitted
Contemporary with :-
William Ernest Luis Eccles (admitted 1898)

Recorded in census in Chorley (Broadfield).8

Married Mary Gladys HAWORTH in Bucklow, Bowden Parish Church.9,10

From the Times :-
On the 28th April, at the Parish Church, Bowden, by the Rev. Canon Wainwright, M.A., assisted by Rev. J. Stanning, M.A. (cousin of the bridegroom), JOSEPH EDWARD, second son of the late JOHN STANNING, of Leyland, Lancashire, to MARY GLADYS (MAY), only daughter of GEORGE CHESTER HAWORTH, of High Lawn Bowdon, Chester.

Occupation Bleacher.4

Recorded in census in Chorley, Leyland (Broadfield).4

Died in Ashbourne (Lady Hole House, Yeldersley).1,6

From the Times :-
On Feb. 10, 1939, at Lady Hole House, Yeldersley, near Derby, JOSEPH EDWARD, dearly loved husband of MAY G. STANNING, and second son of the late John Stanning of Leyland, Lancashire. Memorial service at Osmaston Church, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire, on Monday, Feb. 13, at 2.30 p.m.

Occupation In business with John Stanning and sons Ltd., bleachers. in Preston, Leyland.1

Resident in Macclesfield (Pack Saddle House, Prestbury).5