James Swanton Waugh (22 March 1822 – 6 November 1898) was a

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clergyman in

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. Waugh was born in Newtownbarry,

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, and educated at the Royal School,

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. Ordained in 1840, he volunteered to serve on the Victorian goldfields, arriving in

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on 8 February 1854. Waugh was president of

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, until 1883. Minister Henry Howard was one of his students.

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'', volume 6, MUP, 1976, p. 366 Australian Methodist ministers Australian people of Irish descent People educated at the Royal School Dungannon Wesleyan Methodists 1822 births 1898 deaths {{Christian-clergy-stub