William Lewis (archdeacon)

William Lewis (1692-1767)[1] was an 18th-century Anglican priest in Ireland.[2]

Lewis was born in County Waterford and educated at Trinity College Dublin.[3] Lewis was appointed prebendary of Cloyne Cathedral in 1729; vicar choral in 1730[4] and chancellor of Cloyne in 1742.[5] Lewis was Archdeacon of Kilfenora from 1743[6] to 1767.[7]

References

  1. ^ Irish newspapers from 1720 to 1865
  2. ^ T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A: A New History of Ireland Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  3. ^ Burtchaell, G.D./Sadlier, T.U., Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860), p500: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  4. ^ Cotton, H., Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1, p331 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  5. ^ Cotton, H., Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1, p315 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  6. ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 360–361 ISBN 0-521-56350-X
  7. ^ Cotton, H., Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1, pp. 511/12 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878