John Jebb (Dean of Cashel)

John Jebb was an Irish Anglican priest in the second half of the 18th century.[1]

A graduate of Peterhouse, Cambridge,[2] he was Chaplain to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire.[3] He was Treasurer of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin from 1740[4] and Dean of Cashel[5] from 1769,[6] holding both posts until his death in 1787.[7]

His grandnephew,[8] also called John Jebb was Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe from 1823 until 1833.[9]

References
  1. "History of the Church of Ireland: From the revolution to the union of the Churches of England and Ireland, January 1, 1801" Mant, R: London, J.W. Parker, 1840
  2. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I1. 1209–1751 Vol. ii. Dabbs – Juxton, (1922) p464
  3. "English Society, 1660-1832: Religion, Ideology and Politics During the Ancien Régime" Clark, J.C.D. p369: Cambridge, CUP ISBN 0521661803
  4. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton,H. p63 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  5. "A New History of Ireland" T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  6. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton,H. pp36/7 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  7. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  8. https://archive.org/stream/lifeofjohnjebb01forsuoft?ref=ol#page/n23/
  9. Forster, Charles (1836). The life of John Jebb, D.D. F.R.S. Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe. London: James Duncan, and John Cochran. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
Religious titles
Preceded by
Thomas Paul		 Dean of Cashel
1769–1787		 Succeeded by
Joseph Palmer


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