Robert Miller (1866–1931) was a

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in the first half of the 20th century. Miller was educated at

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and

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for Christ Church

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in 1892. He was Rector of Donegal from 1894 to 1900. After a further

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he was

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of the Incorporated Society for Promoting Protestant Schools in Ireland until 1916. He was Dean of Waterford from then until 1919, when he became Bishop of Cashel, Emly, Waterford and Lismore- a post he held until his death on 13 March 1931. He accompanied the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin John Gregg and Protestant businessman Sir William Goulding "to see Michael Collins in May 1922, following the murders of thirteen Protestants in the Bandon valley, to ask whether the Protestant minority should stay on. Collins 'assured them that the government would maintain civil and religious liberty'."citing

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Robert 1866 births Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deans of Waterford 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Bishops of Cashel and Waterford 1931 deaths