Robert Wyse Jackson (12 July 1908 – 21 October 1976) was an

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and

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. Educated at

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, he qualified as a

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but was then ordained in 1934. He began his career as

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after which he was

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of Corbally and then

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of St Michael’s,

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from 1940 to 1943. He was Dean of the Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist and St Patrick’s Rock, Cashel from 1946 to 1960 and then

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from 1961''Ecclesiastical News Bishop Of Limerick ''

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Tuesday, 10 January 1961; pg. 12; Issue 54975; col D until his retirement in 1970. Wyse Jackson was born in Kilcullen, County Kildare, Ireland, the son of Richard William Jackson and Belinda Hester Sherlock. He married twice; first to Margaretta Nolan McDonald, and second to Lois Margery Phair. He had seven children including

Peter Wyse Jackson Peter Sherlock Wyse Jackson (born 7 June 1955) is an Irish botanist and environmentalist. He is president of the Missouri Botanical Garden, and holder of the George Engelmann chair in botany at Washington University in St. Louis. Early life W ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wyse Jackson, Robert 1908 births 1976 deaths Christian clergy from County Kildare Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deans of Cashel Bishops of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland People from Kilcullen