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Charles Vignoles (priest)
Charles Augustus Vignoles (b Portarlington, County Laois 25 July 1789 – d Kilkenny 18 October 1877) was a Nineteenth century Church of Ireland dean, specifically the dean of Ossory and the dean of the Chapel Royal, Dublin. Vignoles was in the fourth generation of the Huguenot family of the name from Portarlington. In the 1830s he was resident at Cornaher House near Tyrrellspass, County Westmeath, built by his father the Rev. John Vignoles (died 1819), a former army officer, and was rector of Newtown Church. He contributed to the building of the local Christ Church (1834). His sister Elizabeth Anne Vignoles married George Grey and was mother of Sir George Grey Sir George Grey, KCB (14 April 1812 – 19 September 1898) was a British soldier, explorer, colonial administrator and writer. He served in a succession of governing positions: Governor of South Australia, twice Governor of New Zealand, Gov ..., 11th Premier of New Zealand. References 1789 bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portarlington, County Laois
Portarlington, historically called Cooletoodera (from ), is a town on the border of County Laois and County Offaly, Ireland. The River Barrow forms the border. The town was recorded in the 2016 census as having a population of 8,368. History Portarlington was founded in 1666, by Sir Henry Bennet, who had been Home Secretary to Charles II and to whom that King, on his restoration, had made a grant of the extensive estates of Ó Díomasaigh, Viscount Clanmalier, confiscated after the Irish Rebellion of 1641. After some difficulties, the grant passed to Sir Henry Bennet of all the Ó Díomasaigh lands in the King's and Queen's Counties, and on 14 April 1664 he was created Baron Arlington of Harlington in the County of Middlesex. So great was the anxiety of these new settlers to efface all ancient recollections in Ireland, that the Parliament of Orrery and Ormond enacted that the governor and council should be able to give new English names instead of the Irish names of plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Of Ossory
The Dean of Ossory or Dean of Kilkenny is based at The Cathedral Church of St Canice, Kilkenny in the united Diocese of Cashel and Ossory within the Church of Ireland. The current Dean is the Very Reverend Stephen Farrell, formerly Rector of Zion parish, Rathgar, Dublin and Provincial and Diocesan Registrar for the Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough. List of deans of Ossory *1547–1552 James Bicton *1552–1555 Thomas Lancaster (also Bishop of Kildare, deprived 1555) *1559–1581 William Johnson *1582 David Cleere *1603–1610 Richard Deane (afterwards Bishop of Ossory *1610–1612 John Todd (also Bishop of Down and Connor 1607–1612) *1612 Barnabas Boulger *1617 Absolom Gethin *1621 Jenkin Mayes *1626–1661 Edward Warren *1661–1661 Charles Curren *1661–1666 Thomas Ledisham (afterwards Dean of Waterford) *1666–1667/8 Daniel Neyland *1667/8 Joseph Teate *1670/1-1673 Thomas Hill *1673/4-1674/5 Benjamin Parry (afterwards Dean of St Patrick's and Bishop of Ossory 1677) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Anglicans
Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ** Republic of Ireland, a sovereign state * Irish language, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family spoken in Ireland * Irish people, people of Irish ethnicity, people born in Ireland and people who hold Irish citizenship Places * Irish Creek (Kansas), a stream in Kansas * Irish Creek (South Dakota), a stream in South Dakota * Irish Lake, Watonwan County, Minnesota * Irish Sea, the body of water which separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain People * Irish (surname), a list of people * William Irish, pseudonym of American writer Cornell Woolrich (1903–1968) * Irish Bob Murphy, Irish-American boxer Edwin Lee Conarty (1922–1961) * Irish McCal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deans Of The Chapel Royal, Dublin
Deans may refer to: People * Austen Deans (1915–2011), New Zealand painter and war artist * Colin Deans (born 1955), Scottish rugby union player * Craig Deans (born 1974), Australian football (soccer) player * Diane Deans (born 1958), Canadian politician * Dixie Deans (born 1946), Scottish football player (Celtic) * Ian Deans (1937–2016), Canadian politician * Kathryn Deans, Australian author * Mickey Deans (1934–2003), fifth and last husband of Judy Garland * Ray Deans (born 1966), Scottish football player * Robbie Deans (born 1959), New Zealand rugby coach and former player * Steven Deans (born 1982), ice hockey player * Tommy Deans (1922–2000), Scottish football (soccer) player * More than one Dean Places * Deans, New Jersey Deans is an Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities, unincorporated community located within South Brunswick, New Jersey, South Brunswick Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deans Of Ossory
Deans may refer to: People * Austen Deans (1915–2011), New Zealand painter and war artist * Colin Deans (born 1955), Scottish rugby union player * Craig Deans (born 1974), Australian football (soccer) player * Diane Deans (born 1958), Canadian politician * Dixie Deans (born 1946), Scottish football player (Celtic) * Ian Deans (1937–2016), Canadian politician * Kathryn Deans, Australian author * Mickey Deans (1934–2003), fifth and last husband of Judy Garland * Ray Deans (born 1966), Scottish football player * Robbie Deans (born 1959), New Zealand rugby coach and former player * Steven Deans (born 1982), ice hockey player * Tommy Deans (1922–2000), Scottish football (soccer) player * More than one Dean Places * Deans, New Jersey Deans is an Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities, unincorporated community located within South Brunswick, New Jersey, South Brunswick Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1877 Deaths
Events January–March * January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed ''Empress of India'' by the ''Royal Titles Act 1876'', introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . * January 8 – Great Sioux War of 1876 – Battle of Wolf Mountain: Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry in Montana. * January 20 – The Conference of Constantinople ends, with Ottoman Turkey rejecting proposals of internal reform and Balkan provisions. * January 29 – The Satsuma Rebellion, a revolt of disaffected samurai in Japan, breaks out against the new imperial government; it lasts until September, when it is crushed by a professionally led army of draftees. * February 17 – Major General Charles George Gordon of the British Army is appointed Governor-General of the Sudan. * March – ''The Nineteenth Century'' magazine is founded in London. * March 2 – Compromise of 1877: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1789 Births
Events January–March * January – Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès publishes the pamphlet ''What Is the Third Estate?'' ('), influential on the French Revolution. * January 7 – The 1788-89 United States presidential election and House of Representatives elections are held. * January 9 – Treaty of Fort Harmar: The terms of the Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) and the Treaty of Fort McIntosh, between the United States Government and certain native American tribes, are reaffirmed, with some minor changes. * January 21 – The first American novel, ''The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth'', is printed in Boston, Massachusetts. The anonymous author is William Hill Brown. * January 23 – Georgetown University is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (today part of Washington, D.C.), as the first Roman Catholic college in the United States. * January 29 – In Vietnam, Emperor Quang Trung crushes the Chinese Qing forces in Ng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hare (dean)
Thomas Hare may refer to: *Thomas Hare (political scientist) (1806–1891), proponent of electoral reform * Thomas Hare (MP) (1686–1760), Member of Parliament for Truro * Tom Hare (born 1952), professor and Japanologist * Tom Hare (veterinary pathologist) (1895–1959), British veterinary pathologist *Thomas Truxtun Hare (1878–1956), American track and field athlete * Richard Hare (bishop) (Thomas Richard Hare, 1922–2010), bishop of Pontefract *Sir Thomas Hare, 2nd Baronet (1658–1693), Member of Parliament for Norfolk, 1685–1689 *Sir Thomas Leigh Hare, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Leigh Hare, 1st Baronet, (4 April 1859 – 22 February 1941) was a British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament. He represented South West Norfolk in the House of Commons between 1892 and 1906. Thomas Leigh Hare was the ... (1859–1941), British Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk, 1892–1906 * Sir Thomas Hare, 5th Baronet (1930–1993), cricketer {{hndis, Hare, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Bourke
Joseph Bourke (9 January 1772 – 3 May 1843) was an Anglican priest in Ireland during the late 18th and early 19th Centuries. The son of Joseph Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo, Archbishop of Tuam from 1782 to 1784, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was Dean of Ossory from 1795 until his death."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. pp296 Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ..., Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 References Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 18th-century Irish Anglican priests 19th-century Irish Anglican priests 1772 births 1843 deaths Deans of Ossory {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Usher Tighe
Hugh Usher Tighe (b Castletowndevlin 27 February 1802 – d Newtownstewart 11 August 1874) was a Dean of the Church of England. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford and ordained deacon in 1826 and priest in 1827. He began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Longbridge Deverill. After this he was the Rector of Clonmore then a Chaplain to Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland."LORD DE GREY'S CHAPLAINS" The Morning Chronicle ''The Morning Chronicle'' was a newspaper founded in 1769 in London. It was notable for having been the first steady employer of essayist William Hazlitt as a political reporter and the first steady employer of Charles Dickens as a journalist. It ... (London, England), Friday, 29 October 1841; Issue 22448 References 1802 births 1874 deaths Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford Deans of Leighlin Deans of the Chapel Royal, Dublin Deans of Ardagh Deans of Derry {{Ireland-Anglican- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilkenny
Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512. Kilkenny is a tourist destination, and its environs include historic buildings such as Kilkenny Castle, St Canice's Cathedral and round tower, Rothe House, Shee Alms House, Black Abbey, St. Mary's Cathedral, Kilkenny Town Hall, St. Francis Abbey, Grace's Castle, and St. John's Priory. Kilkenny is also known for its craft and design workshops, the Watergate Theatre, public gardens and museums. Annual events include Kilkenny Arts Festival, the Cat Laughs comedy festival and music at the Kilkenny Roots Festival. Kilkenny began with an early 6th-century ecclesiastical foundation within the Kingdom of Ossory. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, Kilkenny Castle and a series of walls were built to protect the burghers of what became a Norman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Grey
Sir George Grey, KCB (14 April 1812 – 19 September 1898) was a British soldier, explorer, colonial administrator and writer. He served in a succession of governing positions: Governor of South Australia, twice Governor of New Zealand, Governor of Cape Colony, and the 11th premier of New Zealand. He played a key role in the colonisation of New Zealand, and both the purchase and annexation of Māori land. Grey was born in Lisbon, Portugal, just a few days after his father, Lieutenant-Colonel George Grey was killed at the Battle of Badajoz in Spain. He was educated in England. After military service (1829–37) and two explorations in Western Australia (1837–39), Grey became Governor of South Australia in 1841. He oversaw the colony during a difficult formative period. Despite being less hands-on than his predecessor George Gawler, his fiscally responsible measures ensured the colony was in good shape by the time he departed for New Zealand in 1845.G. H. Pitt, "The Crisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
