Edward Burton (priest)

Edward Edmund Burton (1737-1817) was an Anglican priest[1] in Ireland during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.[2]

Burton was born in County Galway and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[3] He was appointed Prebendary of Kilmeen[4] then Faldown[5] at Tuam Cathedral in 1768. in 1771 he became Archdeacon of Tuam[6]</ref> and Vicar general of the diocese.[7] from 1795 until 1796; and Dean of Killala[8] from then until his death in 1817.

Notes
  1. Project Gutenberg,The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton
  2. NUI Galway
  3. "Alumni Dublinenses Supplement p119: 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. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton,H. p43: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  5. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton,H. p40: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  6. "History of Maunsell or Mansel, and of Crayford, Gabbett, Knoyle, Persse, Toler, Waller, Castletown; Waller, Prior Park; Warren, White, Winthrop, and Mansell of Guernsey" Maunsell, R.G. p122: Cork: Guy & Co; 1903
  7. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton,H. p29: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  8. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton,H. p81: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878


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