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William Maunsell

William Maunsell

Irish Anglican priest

William Maunsell (born in Limerick 1 October 1729 – died Thorpe Malsor 22 March 1818)[1] was an Anglican priest in Ireland during the second half of the 18th and first decades of the 19th centuries,[2] most notably Archdeacon of Kildare from 1772 until his death.[3]

Not to be confused with William Maunsell (Archdeacon of Limerick).

Maunsell was educated at Trinity College, Dublin[4] and was appointed Precentor of Kildare Cathedral in 1766.[5]

He married Lucy Oliver in 1780 and his second son was William Maunsell (Archdeacon of Limerick) (1782-1860)

References

  1. [1]
    Geneanet
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    "Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland Vol II" Cotton, H p247: Dublin, Hodges,1848
  4. [4]
    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) p566: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  5. [5]
    "Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland Vol II" Cotton, H p241: Dublin, Hodges,1848
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