Born in Bolton (Halliwell).1,2

Recorded in census in Bolton, Halliwell (Light Bounds).4

Educated Cambridge University, Trinity.1

Admitted

Occupation Student.5

Recorded in census in Rugby.5

In lodgings

Sport in Cambridge University.1

Rowing "blue"

Qualification in Cambridge University.1

B.A.

Qualification in Cambridge University.1

M.A.

Occupation Master Bleacher.6

Recorded in census in Bolton, Halliwell (Light Bounds).6

Married Harriet Sarah AINSWORTH in Fylde, Lytham, St Cuthbert.26,27

1) By Licence
2) Vicar - J. H. Stanning, Curate in charge of Leigh
3) Groom - John Stanning, full, Bleacher, bachelor of Leyland
4) Father of the groom - John Stanning, bleacher
5) Bride - Harriet Sarah Ainsworth, full, spinster of Lytham
6) Father of the bride - Thomas Crooke Ainsworth (deceased solicitor)
7) Witnesses - Arthur Sidney Latham & Alice Fisher

Birth of daughter Hannah Mary STANNING in Chorley.14

Birth of son John STANNING in Chorley, Leyland.15,16,17

Birth of son Joseph Edward STANNING in Chorley, Leyland.18,19

Occupation Master Bleacher.7

Employing 159 males & 61 females

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

Birth of son Henry Duncan STANNING in Chorley, Leyland.20,21,22

Birth of son Charles Gordon STANNING in Chorley.23

Directories.8

Cotton Spinners & Manufacturers' Directory, 1891 (Lancashire)
Leyland - Bleacher
        Stanning, John & Sons,
        Leyland Bleach Works:
Manchester warehouse - 4 Booth Street. Pay day last Friday.

Birth of daughter Frances Helen STANNING in Chorley, Leyland.24,25

Executor.9

of the estate of Arthur Eccles Ainsworth
Described as "manufacturer"
Joint executor with William Louis Shipton, solicitor

Directories.10

Kelly's Handbook - 1901
Stanning, John, J.P. Lancashire : Broadfield, Leyland, Lancs.

Occupation Cotton Bleacher.12

Visitor - Holbrook Gaskell

Recorded in census in Chorley, Leyland (Broadfield).12

Mentioned in Will.13

Of John Eccles (1831-1905)
Annotated as "John Stanning, the elder"
First codicil

Died in Egypt, Luxor.1

Occupation Bleacher.3

Information from :-
1903 - John Gilbert Luis Eccles & Hannah Mary Stanning

Occupation Head of Stanning and Sons, Ltd. Bleachers in Preston, Leyland.1

Occupation Managing Director of the Bleachers' and Dyers' Combine.1

J.P. in Lancashire.10,1,11