John West was an Irish Anglican priest.[1] He was Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin in the Church of Ireland from 1864 to 1889.[2]
Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was ordained in 1830 and began his ordained ministry career as curate at Monkstown, County Dublin. He was the incumbent at St Ann's Dublin,[3] and then archdeacon of the city before his appointment to the eanery,[4] a post he held for 25 years.[5] He died on 5 July 1890.[6]
His son Charles Dickinson West became an engineer and naval architect.
References
edit- ^ "Ecclesiastical Intelligence". The Hampshire Advertiser. No. 4514. Southampton, England. 14 September 1889. p. 7.
- ^ Handbook of British Chronology by Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 052156350X, 9780521563505
- ^ "The Historical Background". St Ann's Church - St Stephen's Church. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ A New History of Ireland by Theodore William Moody, F. X. Martin, Francis John Byrne
- ^ The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory, London, Hamilton & Co 1889
- ^ "Obituary The Rev. Dr West". The Times. No. 33057. 7 July 1890. p. 6; col F.