Faber

GEORGE STANLEY FABER (1778 - 1854)

The distinguished religious controversialist was the son of the vicar of Calverley in Yorkshire. In 1805 he was collated by Bishop Shute Barrington to the vicarage of Stockton-on-Tees, moved to Redmarshall in 1808, and was rector of Long Newton from 1811 until 1832. He became master of Sherburn Hospital in that year and devoted much of his income to the improvement of the hospital farms and estates. Throughout his career, Faber advocated the evangelical doctrines of the necessity of conversion, justification by faith and the sole authority of scripture as the rule of faith. He died at Sherburn Hospital and is buried in the chapel there. His religious works are voluminous and run into two columns in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Myers Literary Guide:	The North-East
GEORGE STANLEY FABER (1778 - 1854) The distinguished religious controversialist was the son of the vicar of Calverley in Yorkshire. In 1805 he was collated by Bishop Shute Barrington to the vicarage of Stockton-on-Tees, moved to Redmarshall in 1808, and was rector of Long Newton from 1811 until 1832. He became master of Sherburn Hospital in that year and devoted much of his income to the improvement of the hospital farms and estates. Throughout his career, Faber advocated the evangelical doctrines of the necessity of conversion, justification by faith and the sole authority of scripture as the rule of faith. He died at Sherburn Hospital and is buried in the chapel there. His religious works are voluminous and run into two columns in the Dictionary of National Biography.
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