Henry Rider Explained

Henry Rider (b Paris; d Clonmethan 30 January 1696) was an 18th-century Anglican bishop in Ireland.[1]

Rider was born in Paris, where his father Thomas Ryder was Secretary to the British Legation. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] He became a prebendary of Ossory in 1681;[3] and of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin in 1683.[4] He was appointed Archdeacon of Ossory in 1692,[5] and Bishop of Killaloe in 1693, an office which his grandfather had previously held, John Rider.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Fryde . Edmund Boleslav . Greenway . D.E. . Porter . S. . Roy . I. . Handbook of British chronology . Offices of the Royal Historical Society : University College . 1986 . 989682481 . 398.
  2. [Alumni Cantabrigienses|Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1751]
  3. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. pp313 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  4. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. pp153/4 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  5. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. pp305/6 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  6. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. pp467/8 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878

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