William Greene (Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin)

William Conyngham Greene (19 October 1827 – 9 August 1910) was an Anglican priest in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.[1]He was the son of Richard Wilson Greene, judge of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland) and Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of Thomas Wilson of Fulford.[2] His nephew was the eminent diplomat Sir Conyngham Greene. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and ordained in 1850.[3] He was a curate at St Anne's, Dublin, and then held four successive Dublin incumbencies; St Peter's, St Michael's, St John's and St Werburgh's. In 1987 he became Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, a post he held for 21 years. He died on 9 August 1910.[4]

This article is about the Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. For the Dean of Lismore, see William Greene (Dean of Lismore).

References
  1. "Greene, Very Rev. William Conyngham", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 Accessed 18 July 2012
  2. Arthur Charles Fox-Davies. Armorial families : a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour p. 140
  3. The Standard "Ireland" (London, England), Friday, 27 December 1850; Issue 8230
  4. "The Very Rev. W. Conyngham Greene", The Times, (London, England), 12 August 1910, p. 9.
Church of England titles
Preceded by
William Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket		 Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
1887– 1908		 Succeeded by
James Hornidge Walsh
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