William Owen Stanley of Penrhos, Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, for 34
years a Member of the House of Commons, twin son of the 1st Lord
Stanley of Alderley and his wife Lady Maria Josepha Holroyd. Born
1802, Married 1832, Ellin, daughter of Sir John Williams, Baronet, of
Bodelwyddan. Died 1884, and buried in this Church, whereof he
restored the fabric. A scholar and an antiquary, he dwelt among his
own people in the Island of Holyhead, and gave a long life to their
welfare.
Erected by the desire of Ellin, for 44 years his devoted wife.
Over the arch of the recess behind the tomb are engraved these words:
“Till the day dawn and the shadows flee away.”
Mrs. Stanley’s wish that there should be no monument to herself has been
respected, but the effigy of her husband has been encircled with wrought
ironwork, entirely formed of her initials E and S intertwined, an idea
suggested by St. Anselm’s Chapel in Canterbury Cathedral. The stained
glass windows were designed by Sir E. Burne Jones and executed by William
Morris, and one of them bears the inscription: “To the dear memory of
Ellin Stanley, died at Penrhos, November, 1876.”
This aisle, as a tribute to their joint memories, is now dedicated to the
glory of God, and given by Jane H. Adeane to that church which has, on
its rock beside the sea, stood firm for over thirteen centuries.
“The foundation of God standeth sure.”