William Greene (Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin) explained

William Conyngham Greene (19 October 1827 – 9 August 1910) was an Anglican priest in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.^[1] He was the son of Richard Wilson Greene, judge of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland) and Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of Thomas Wilson of Fulford, North Yorkshire.^[2] His nephew was the eminent diplomat Sir Conyngham Greene. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin, and ordained in 1850.^[3] He was a curate at St Anne's, Dublin, and then held four successive Dublin incumbencies; St Peter's, St Michael's, St John's and St Werburgh's. In 1987 he became Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, a post he held for 21 years. He died on 9 August 1910.^[4]

Notes and References

1. "Greene, Very Rev. William Conyngham", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 Accessed 18 July 2012
2. http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/arthur-charles-fox-davies/armorial-families--a-directory-of-gentlemen-of-coat-armour-hci/page-140-armorial-families--a-directory-of-gentlemen-of-coat-armour-hci.shtml Arthur Charles Fox-Davies. Armorial families: a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour
3. The Standard "Ireland" (London, England), Friday, 27 December 1850; Issue 8230
4. "The Very Rev. W. Conyngham Greene", The Times, (London, England), 12 August 1910, p. 9.