James Hutchinson (priest) explained

Rev. Sir James Hutchinson (c.1731-1813) was an Anglican priest in Ireland in the second half of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.^[1]

The son of the Right Rev. Doctor Samuel Hutchinson, Bishop of Killala and Achonry, and the great-nephew of the Right Rev. Doctor Francis Hutchinson, author and Bishop of Down and Connor,^[2] he was born in County Antrim and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.^[3]

He was Archdeacon of Achonry^[4] from 1760^[5] until his death on 8 March 1813. He was also a prebendary of Ardagh (1760-1766) and of Killanly (1766-1800) in Killala Cathedral,^[6] as well as rector of Killashee and Tashinny from 1770 until his death.^[7]

His elder brother, Sir Francis Hutchinson, was created 1st Baronet of Castlesallagh in 1782, to which title James succeeded in 1807.^[8] The title next passed to their nephew Samuel Synge.

Notes and References

1. "A Sermon (Psalm iv. 6) preached before Charles, Marquis Cornwallis p53: London; William Watson; 1799
2. Book: Burke . John . A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, Volume 1 . 1833 . Henry Colburn . London . 647–648 . 20 March 2022.
3. "Alumni Dublinenses p434: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860) Burtchaell, G.D/Sadlier, T.U: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
4. http://tottenham.name/Tree/SectionC12toC14.pdf Tottenham
5. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton, H. pp108/9: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
6. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton, H. pp 90-92: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
7. Web site: de Montfort . Simon . Cemetery: St. Paul's (CoI) Church, Killashee, Co. Longford, Ireland . Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives . 20 March 2022.
8. Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.