William O'Grady (cleric)

William O'Grady (1801–1859) was an Anglican Archdeacon in Ireland in the middle of the nineteenth century.[1]

For the Irish Olympic footballer, see William O'Grady (footballer). For the British Army officer, see William O'Grady Haly.

O'Grady was the ninth child (4th son) of Standish O'Grady, 1st Viscount Guillamore,[2] Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer for Ireland from 1805 until 1831.[3][4] He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[5] He was Archdeacon of Kilmacduagh from 1857 until his death on 21 July 1859.[6]

Notes
  1. "O'Grady (Kilchreest) | NUI Galway". landedestates.nuigalway.ie. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. Cave, Edward (1840), "Obituary: Viscount Guillamore", The Gentleman's Magazine, W. Pickering
  3. George Henry Townsend (1877). The manual of dates. Frederick Warne. p. 369. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  4. Joseph Haydn; Benjamin Vincent (1904). Haydn's dictionary of dates and universal information relating to all ages and nations. G. P. Putnam's Sons. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  5. Alumni Dublinenses: 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 p635
  6. "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 16 December 2017.


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