William Maunsell (born in

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1 October 1729 – died

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22 March 1818) was an

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priest in Ireland during the second half of the 18th and first decades of the 19th centuries, most notably

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from 1772 until his death. Maunsell 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 ...

and was appointed Precentor of Kildare Cathedral in 1766."Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland Vol II" Cotton, H p241: Dublin, Hodges,1848 He married Lucy Oliver in 1780 and his second son was William Maunsell (Archdeacon of Limerick) (1782-1860)

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1818 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 18th-century Irish Anglican priests 19th-century Irish Anglican priests 1729 births Archdeacons of Kildare

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