John Porter (1751 – 27 July 1819) was an 18th-century

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. Porter was the son of Rev. Thomas Porter,

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. He was educated at

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and

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, matriculating in 1768, graduating

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( 5th wrangler) 1773, M.A. 1776, D.D. ('' per lit. reg.'') 1792. He was ordained deacon on 6 June 1773 and priest on 18 December 1774 (both ordinations performed by John Hinchliffe, Bishop of Peterborough and Master of Trinity College), and became a Fellow of Trinity College in 1774. He was

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in 1786, and Regius Professor of Hebrew from 1790 to 1795. He was appointed

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in 1789. Moving to Ireland as chaplain to Lord Lieutenant Earl Camden, he was nominated

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on 6 May 1795 and consecrated on 7 June 1795 that year. He was translated to

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on 30 December 1797 and died in office on 27 July 1819.

Family

On 3 December 1784, Porter married Mary Smith, daughter of Joseph Smith of

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, Norfolk (and niece of the Cambridge astronomer and academic John Smith). They had the following children: * Rev. John Grey Porter (1789–1873), married Margaret Lavinia Lindsey in 1816. * Commodore Thomas Porter, R.N. * Rev. Charles Porter (1796–1877), married Penelope Fleetwood in 1827. * Major-General Henry Edward Porter (1801–1871). * Captain William Henry Porter (1802–1887), married Elizabeth Gibbs Ludlow in 1830. * Margaret Porter (died 1859), married Hugh Harris. * Elizabeth Porter, married Lieutenant-Colonel John O'Ferrall Carmichael (son of Lieutenant-General Sir

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1751 births 1819 deaths Bishops of Killala and Achonry Bishops of Clogher (Church of Ireland) Archdeacons of Llandaff 18th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland 19th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Year of birth unknown Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge People educated at Manchester Grammar School Clergy from Cheshire {{Ireland-Anglican-bishop-stub