Robert William Henry Maude (1784–1861) was an
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 in the nineteenth century.
Maude was the 10th child and 3rd son of
Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden
Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden (19 September 1729 – 23 August 1803) was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician.
Hawarden was the second son of Sir Robert Maude, 1st Baronet and his wife, Eleanor Cornwallis, daughter of Thomas Cornwallis ...
. He was educated at
Winchester College
Winchester College is a public school (fee-charging independent day and boarding school) in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 and has existed in its present location ever since. It is the oldest of the ...
and
Trinity College, Cambridge
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. He was
Dean of Clogher
The Dean of Clogher is a dignitary of the Diocese of Clogher within the Church of Ireland. The title may be held by any licensed incumbent in the diocese, not necessarily the rector of one of the cathedral parishes of Clogher. The Dean, with the C ...
from 1826 until his death. In 1831 he was offered
the post of Archdeacon of Dublin as it was expected
John Torrens
John Torrens (1768–1851) was an Irish Anglican priest in the 19th century.
Torrens was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was Archdeacon of Dublin from 1819 until his death on 9 June 1851.'IRELAND' The Morning Post
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would become the next
Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe
The Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, which was in the Province of Cashel until 1833, then afterwards in the Province of Dublin.
History
The title was f ...
. His sister Alicia was the wife of
Lord Robert Tottenham
Robert Ponsonby Tottenham (5 September 1773 – 28 April 1850; Robert Ponsonby Loftus until 1806) was an Irish Anglican Bishop in the first half of the 19th century.
He was born the younger son of Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely and Jane My ...
,
Bishop of Clogher
The Bishop of Clogher is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Clogher in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Following the Reformation, there are now parallel apostolic successions: one of the Church of Ireland and the ot ...
.
["Clogher clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Clogher, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, etc" Leslie, J.B. p37: Enniskille; R. H. Ritchie; 1929]
References
1784 births
Irish Anglicans
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Deans of Clogher
1861 deaths
Maude family
People educated at Winchester College
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