STANFORD, ROBERT LOFTUS (1839-1909) was born at Chetwade Priory, Buckinghamshire, and educated at Cheltenham College and Exeter College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. He was ordained priest and in 1864, having married a daughter of the Dean of Leighlin, Ireland, he came to New Zealand in the Chili. He was for some years vicar of St John's, Milton, and then of All Saints, Dunedin (1873); and in 1878 opened a school for boys at Waitati. While there he decided to study law and in 1883, having been admitted a barrister and solicitor, he commenced to practise in Dunedin in partnership with Dr W. D. Milne. In 1885 he graduated LL.B. In 1894 Stanford was appointed resident magistrate at Napier, being transferred later to Palmerston North and Napier and eventually to Wanganui (1904), where he retired in 1909. He was a facile writer and engaged in journalism for some time as editor of the Mining and Finance Journal. In Wanganui he was a director of the public library and a member of the vestry of Christ Church. He was a member of the Otago University Council (1869-94). Stanford's death occurred on 23 Oct 1909.

Who's Who NZ., 1908; Wanganui Herald, 25 Oct 1909.

Reference: Volume 2, page 163

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