Arthur Preston (priest) explained

Arthur John Preston (26 April 1761 – 3 November 1844) was an Anglican priest^[1] in Ireland^[2] at the end of 18th and the beginning of the 19th centuries.^[3]

He was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.^[4] Preston was appointed a Canon of Kildare Cathedral in 1793;^[5] and Dean of Kildare in 1808.^[6] In 1809 he became Dean of Limerick,^[7] a post he held^[8] until his death.^[9]

Notes and References

1. "The Life of John Jebb, D.D., F.R.S.: Bishop of Limerick" Volume 1 Forster, C: London; James Duncan; 1836
2. "A treatise on the government of the Church" Barwick, E: Belfast; George Berwick; 1813
3. Book: Fryde . E. B. . Greenway . D. E. . Porter . S. . Roy . I. . 1986 . Handbook of British Chronology . 3rd . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge, UK . 0-521-56350-X .
4. Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860), Burtchaell, George Dames/Sadleir, Thomas Ulick (Eds) p681: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
5. "Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland Vol II" Cotton, H p241: Dublin, Hodges,1848
6. "Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland Vol II" Cotton, H p251: Dublin, Hodges,1848
7. "Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland Vol I" Cotton, H pp397/8: Dublin, Hodges,1848
8. Web site: The Registered Papers of the Chief Secretary's Office: National Archives of Ireland: 1826 . csorp.nationalarchives.ie. 8 December 2018.
9. News: Death of the Dean of Limerick . . London, England . 9 November 1844 . 6329.