George Wright (priest)

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George Wright was an Anglican priest in Ireland in the 17th century. [1]

Wright was ordained in 1621; [2] and was Archdeacon of Dromore from 1629 until the Irish Rebellion of 1641. [3]

Notes

  1. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 360–361 ISBN   0-521-56350-X
  2. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p297 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  3. thePeerage.com


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