Hill Benson (1705-1775) was an Irish Anglican

priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particu ...

in the eighteenth century. Benson was born in

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

and educated at

Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

. He was

Dean of Connor The Dean of Connor is based at Christ Church Cathedral, Lisburn in the Diocese of Connor (Church of Ireland) within the Church of Ireland. The chapter is however known as the Chapter of St Saviours, Connor after the previous (prior to 1662) cathed ...

from 1753 until his death."Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Vol III p255 Cotton, H Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860

References

Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deans of Connor 18th-century Irish Anglican priests Christian clergy from Dublin (city) 1775 deaths 1705 births {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub