Westminster Abbey a lecture on missions, part of a series of discourses by eminent nonconformists instituted by Dean Stanley by way of protest against ecclesiastical exclusiveness. He was one of the pall-bearers at the funeral of Dean Stanley on 25 July 1881. He attended the conferences held under the auspices of the evangelical alliance at New York in October 1873, at Basel in September 1879, and at Edinburgh in October 1885. On 27 June 1884 he resigned his chair at New College. His later days were spent in retirement at Ealing, varied by visits to Tunbridge Wells. He died of old age at Ealing on 24 Oct. 1897, and was buried in Ealing cemetery.
Stoughton received from the university of Edinburgh in 1868 the honorary degree of D.D., and from the Athenæum Club in 1874 the distinction of election by the committee on the nomination of Matthew Arnold. He was a man of fine figure and features and robust physique. He married, on 12 May 1835, the daughter of George Cooper of Windsor. She died in 1879. Of his eleven children by her four survive—viz. Mr. T. Wilberforce Stoughton, partner in the firm of Messrs. Hodder & Stoughton, and three married daughters.
Stoughton's culture was liberal, and was improved by much travel not only in France and Germany, but also in Italy—Rome he visited thrice—Spain, and Palestine. His travels furnished him with materials for three popular books of some merit—viz. ‘Homes and Haunts of Luther,’ London, 1875, 4to; new edit. 1883, 8vo; ‘Footprints of Italian Reformers,’ London, 1881, 8vo; and ‘The Spanish Reformers, their Memories and Dwelling Places,’ London, 1883, 8vo.
Stoughton was no systematic theologian, and, after having his say on the Oxford movement (Lectures on Tractarian Theology, London, 1843, 12mo), eschewed controversy. His only contribution to apologetics was a lecture on ‘The Nature and Value of the Miraculous Testimony to Christianity,’ printed in ‘Modern Scepticism,’ ed. Ellicott, London, 1881, 8vo. Among his minor works, mainly historical, were (all published in London): 1. ‘Notices of Windsor in the Olden Time,’ 1844, 12mo. 2. ‘Spiritual Heroes, or Sketches of the Puritans, their Characters and Times,’ 1848, 8vo; 2nd edit. 1850. 3. ‘P. Doddridge: his Life and Labours,’ 1851, 8vo; 2nd edit. 1852. 4. ‘Lights of the World, or Illustrations of Character drawn from the Records of the Christian Life,’ 1852, 12mo; new edit. 1876. 5. ‘Scenes in other Lands, with their Associations,’ 1856, 8vo. 6. ‘The Pen, the Palm, and the Pulpit,’ 1858, 8vo. 7. ‘Lessons for Nonconformists,’ 1862, 8vo. 8. ‘Windsor: its History and Description of the Castle and Town,’ 1862, 8vo. 9. ‘Shades and Echoes of Old London,’ 1864, 16mo; new edit. 1889, 8vo. 10. ‘Our English Bible: its Translations and Translators,’ 1878, 8vo. 11. ‘Worthies of Science,’ 1879, 8vo. 12. ‘William Wilberforce,’ 1880, 8vo. 13. ‘Introduction to Historical Theology, being a Sketch of Doctrinal Progress from the Apostolic Era to the Reformation,’ London, 1880, 8vo. 14. ‘Reminiscences of Congregationalism Fifty Years Ago,’ 1881, 8vo. 15. ‘W. Penn, the Founder of Pennsylvania,’ 1882, 8vo. 16. ‘Howard the Philanthropist, and his Friends,’ 1884, 8vo. 17. ‘Golden Legends of the Olden Time,’ 1885, 8vo. 18. ‘The Rise and Progress of Congregationalism in the County of Norfolk,’ 1886, 8vo. 19. ‘The Revolution of 1688 in its bearings on Protestant Nonconformity,’ 1888, 8vo. 20. ‘Lights and Shadows of Primitive Christendom,’ 1891, 8vo. 21. ‘Recollections of a Long Life,’ 1894, 8vo. 22. ‘Lights and Shadows of Church Life,’ 1895, 8vo.
[Recollections and Reminiscences above mentioned; Times, 26 Oct. 1897; British Weekly, 28 Oct. 1897; Independent, 28 Oct. 1897; Christian World, 28 Oct. 1897; Men and Women of the Time; Prothero's Life of Dean Stanley; Wylie's Book of the Bunyan Festival; Congregationalist Year-book; Illustrated London News, 30 Oct. 1897, with portrait.]
STOVIN, Sir FREDERICK (1783–1865), general, born in 1783, was the son of James Stovin of Whitgift, near Howden, Yorkshire. He was commissioned as ensign in the 52nd foot on 22 March 1800, served with it in Pulteney's expedition to Ferrol, where he was one of the few officers actually engaged, and became lieutenant on 7 Jan. 1801. He obtained a company in the 62nd foot on 24 June 1802, and (after a few months on half-pay) in the 28th foot on 9 July 1803. He served with the latter regiment in Ireland, where he was employed as brigade major, in Lord Cathcart's expedition to Bremen in 1805, and in the siege and capture of Copenhagen in 1807. In 1808 he served under Moore in Sweden, and afterwards in Spain in the Coruña campaign. He was aide-de-camp to General Alexander Mackenzie Fraser [q. v.] in the Walcheren expedition in 1809, and was present at the capture of Flushing. In January 1810 he went with the 28th to Gibraltar, and in April to Tarifa, where he distinguished himself in a sortie, driving the French out of an old convent which lay inconveniently close
