Richard Washington was Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1640 to 1641. Following the

Irish rebellion of 1641 The Irish Rebellion of 1641 ( ga, Éirí Amach 1641) was an uprising by Irish Catholics in the Kingdom of Ireland, who wanted an end to anti-Catholic discrimination, greater Irish self-governance, and to partially or fully reverse the plantatio ...

, Washington and most of the fellows were forced to flee to England.Richard Washington.
Trinity College Dublin. Retrieved 26 July 2016.

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