Frederick Wynne Explained

Frederick Richards Wynne (19 June 1827  - 2 November 1896)[1] was the 6th[2] Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert.[3]

Educated at Trinity College Dublin, he was ordained in 1850.[4] After a curacy in Carnteel he held incumbencies at St Mary, Kilkenny and St Mathias, Dublin. A Canon Residentiary at both of Dublin's cathedrals (Christ Church and St Patrick's)[5] he was also Professor of Pastoral Theology at Trinity College Dublin. In 1893 he became the Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert,[6] a post he held until his sudden death.[7] He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).

His son Henry Vynne also became a priest, and was Vicar of the parish church in Yapton, Sussex. A daughter married another priest, the rev. W. H. Harper; while his third daughter Florence Anne Wynne married in 1902 the architect and architectural historian Philip Mainwaring Johnston.[8]

References

  1. Obituary. The Bishop Of KillaloeThe Times Wednesday, 4 Nov 1896; pg. 6; Issue 35039; col D
  2. Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996, 9780521563505
  3. The Last 24 Hours. The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post (Bristol, England), Friday, 17 November 1893; Issue 14203
  4. Multiple News Items The Standard (London, England), Wednesday, 25 December 1850; pg. [1]; Issue 8228.
  5. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  6. "A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.M; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F:Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976
  7. "The Life of Frederick Richards Wynne, Bishop of Killahoe" Hannay,J: London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1897
  8. Marriages. 6 September 1902 . 1 . 36866.