Dillon Ashe
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Dillon Ashe, D.D. (1666[1]-1724) was an Anglican Archdeacon in Ireland in the first half of the eighteenth century.[2]
Ashe was born in County Meath, son of Thomas Ashe and Mary St George, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin[3] and Magdalen Hall, Oxford. The incumbent at Finglas,[4] he became a Canon of Killala in 1693,[5] Archdeacon of Clogher in 1704,[6] Chancellor of Clogher in 1705, and Chancellor of Armagh in 1706.[7] He made his will on 10 July. His brother St George Ashe was successively Bishop of Cloyne, Clogher and Derry between 1695 and 1718.[8]
A friend of Jonathan Swift (who called him "Dilly"),[9] he died in 1724.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jonathan Swift: Irish Blow-In" Hammond, E p772: Newark, Delaware; University of Delaware Press; 2016 ISBN 978-1-61149-607-9
- ^ British History on-line
- ^ "Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593-1860)" Burtchaell, George Dames/Sadleir, Thomas Ulick (Eds) p22: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
- ^ "The works of Jonathan Swift" Sheridan, T (Ed) p34: New York, William Durrell, 1813
- ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton, H. p32 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
- ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" ppp89/90 Cotton, H. Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
- ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p40 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
- ^ Library of Ireland
- ^ "Clogher clergy and parishes: being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Clogher, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, etc" Leslie, J.B. p61: Enniskille; R. H. Ritchie; 1929
- ^ "The epistolary correspondence of Sir Richard Steele" Nichols, J (Ed) p185: London, Longmans, 1809
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