Thomas Hawkins (priest)

Thomas Hawkins (27 June 1766 – 17 January 1850) was a Church of Ireland priest in Ireland[1] during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.[2]

Hawkins was born in County Kildare and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[3] He was Rector of Dunkerrin in the Diocese of Kildare, and in 1807 he was appointed a chaplain to The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He became Dean of Clonfert in 1812, and held the post[4] until his death.[5]

References
  1. Cartlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann/ National Archives of Ireland
  2. Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 0713642556
  3. "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860) George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p382: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  4. Connaught Journal; Galway, Ireland; Thursday, January 9, 1823; Volume 69 Price 5 Pence
  5. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton,H. p180 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878


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