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Ireland, John; Dean of Westminster. Son of Thomas Ireland, Ashburton, Devon, butcher, and Elizabeth --- ; b. 29 Sep 1761 ; educ. Ashburton GS ; Oriel Coll.Oxford, matr. 8 Dec 1779, bible clerk ; BA 1783 ; MA 1810 ; BD and DD 1810 ; MA Lambeth 1793 ; DD Lambeth 1803 ; ordained deacon 20 Jun 1784, priest 25 Sep 1785 (both Exeter) ; Curate, Kingsteignton, Devon 1784 ; tutor to son of Sir James Wright, Bart. ; Vicar of Croydon, Surrey 15 Jul 1793- Mar 1816 ; Vicar of Shoreham, Kent 27 Nov 1806 – Jun 1816 ; Chaplain to Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool ; Canon of Westminster 14 Aug 1802-16, Sub-Dean 1806-16, Dean of Westminster from 1816 ; Rector of Islip, Oxfordshire 26 Mar 1816 – Oct 1835 ; m. 29 Jan 1794 Susannah, dau. of John Short, Bickham, Devon ; d. 2 Sep 1842. Buried South Transept, Westminster Abbey. ODNB.
In 1820 he gave £500 3 per cent Consols to the Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and the Head Master of the School for the time being, the interest on which was to be applied for the purchase of books, which as “Dean’s Prizes” were to be given to encourage verse composition. The prizes were subsequently known as the Ireland Prizes. The endowment is now held in the School’s Ireland Fund (terms varied by schemes of 19 Apr 1965 and 8 Nov 1965).
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.