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.