Arthur Preston (priest)
Arthur John Preston (26 April 1761 – 3 November 1844) was an Anglican priest[1] in Ireland[2] at the end of 18th and the beginning of the 19th centuries.[3]
He was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[4] Preston was appointed a Canon of Kildare Cathedral in 1793;[5] and Dean of Kildare in 1808.[6] In 1809 he became Dean of Limerick,[7] a post he held[8] until his death.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "The Life of John Jebb, D.D., F.R.S.: Bishop of Limerick" Volume 1 Forster, C: London; James Duncan; 1836
- ^ "A treatise on the government of the Church" Barwick, E: Belfast; George Berwick; 1813
- ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ^ Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860), Burtchaell, George Dames/Sadleir, Thomas Ulick (Eds) p681: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
- ^ "Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland Vol II" Cotton, H p241: Dublin, Hodges,1848
- ^ "Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland Vol II" Cotton, H p251: Dublin, Hodges,1848
- ^ "Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland Vol I" Cotton, H pp397/8: Dublin, Hodges,1848
- ^ "The Registered Papers of the Chief Secretary's Office: National Archives of Ireland: 1826". csorp.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ "Death of the Dean of Limerick". The Standard. No. 6329. London, England. 9 November 1844.
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