Robert Hamilton (priest)
Robert Smyly Greer Hamilton[1] (b Castle Caulfield – d Armagh 1928) was Dean of Armagh[2] from 1924 until his death.[3]
Hamilton was educated at Trinity College, Dublin;and ordained in 1885.[4] He began his career with curacies at Urney and Six Mile Cross. He was the Incumbent of Derryloran[5] from 1896 to 1905; and of Dundalk from 1905 to[6] 1924.
There is a memorial to him in the north aisle at his cathedral.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland, 1976, Pg.709:Burke's, London, 1976
- ^ Cathedral List
- ^ "Hamilton, Robert Smyly Greer". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 27 December 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p618 London, Horace Cox, 1908
- ^ Saint Luran's Parish Church Records, Derryloran
- ^ "Armagh clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Armagh, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, &c" Leslie, J.B. p282: Dundalk, William Tempest, 1911
- ^ "Funary Monuments & Memorials in St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh" Curl, J.S. p56-57: Whitstable; Historical Publications; 2013 ISBN 978-1-905286-48-5