Joseph Story was an 18th-century

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bishop in Ireland. Story was 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 appointed Chaplain to the Irish House of Commons in 1731 and

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in 1734. He was appointed to the

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at Bishop of Killaloe in 1740 and

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to Kilmore in 1742. He died on 22 September 1757."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p169

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, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878

In literature

An unnamed

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appears in the latter portion of the short story "

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" by

M.R. James Montague Rhodes James (1 August 1862 – 12 June 1936) was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936). He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambrid ...

, set in 1754. Whether this is a

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bishop is not explicitly stated, but in context the latter is more probable; if so, this character would be Joseph Story, who held the see at that time. In the story, the bishop is a guest at the country house of Sir Richard Fell and participates in the investigation of his death.

References

Deans of Ferns Anglican bishops of Kilmore 1757 deaths Anglican bishops of Killaloe Alumni of Trinity College Dublin {{Ireland-Anglican-bishop-stub