Robert King (1723–1787) was an 18th-century

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

priest in Ireland. He was born in

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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 Kildare The Dean of Kildare is based at The Cathedral Church of St Brigid, Kildare in the united Diocese of Meath and Kildare within the Church of Ireland. The current Dean is the Very Reverend Tim Wright. List of deans of Kildare *1272 - after 1279 St ...

from 1782 until his death.''Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae: the succession of the prelates and members of the cathedral bodies of Ireland''; Vol. II Cotton, H. p. 239; Dublin: Hodges, 1848

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1787 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 18th-century Irish Anglican priests 1723 births Deans of Kildare Christian clergy from Dublin (city) Archdeacons of Leighlin {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub