Joseph Henderson Singer (1786–1866) was an Irish

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in the

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in the 19th century. He was the son of James Singer the Deputy Commissary-General of the Forces in Ireland and Elizabeth Henderson. He became a

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in 1810 and was subsequently its

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and

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. He became

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in 1852 and died in post on 16 July 1866. Dr. Singer was a member of and served as secretary to the

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. He was a leading member of the Evangelical body of the Irish Church and a strong opponent to the National Board of Education. Rev. Singer served as Chaplain to the

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on Leeson Street. He served on committees and was a trustee a number of Church of Ireland and benevolent societies, such as the Protestant Orphan Society, as secretary of the Hibernian Bible Society, a trustee of North Strand Episcopal Chapel and Schools. He was a committee member of the ''Continental Society'', the ''Church Education Society for Ireland'', the ''Incorporated Society for Promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland'', ''Irish Auxiliary of the London Society for the Promotion of Christianity Amongst Jews'' and the ''Irish Society'' for promoting the reformed faith and educating in the Irish Language. At trinity, Singer tutored

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the evangelical Christian. His brother Paulus Aemilius Singer BL(Lincolns Inns), was also a strong supporter of evangelical initiatives and benevolent bodies in Dublin, another brother Major James Singer of the 7th Fusiliers, who was killed in 1812 at

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, in Spain, in the Peninsular Wars. In 1822 he married Mary, daughter of Henry Crofton, Senior Chaplain at the

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, and left four sons and three daughters.The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year 1866 (Sept) …, Volume 221, p 405 His son named after his brother Rev. Paulus Aemilius Singer MA, followed him into the priesthood.

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1786 births 1866 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Academics of Trinity College Dublin Fellows of Trinity College Dublin Irish evangelicals Members of the Royal Irish Academy 19th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Anglican bishops of Meath Regius Professors of Divinity (University of Dublin) {{Ireland-Anglican-bishop-stub