Robert James Shaw-Hamilton (b
Kilmactraney 1840 - d
Killiney
Killiney () is an affluent coastal suburb on the southside of Dublin, Ireland. It lies south of Dalkey, east and northeast of Ballybrack and Sallynoggin and north of Shankill, in the local government area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown within ...
1908) was
Dean of Armagh
The Dean of Armagh in the Church of Ireland is the dean of the Anglican St Patrick's Cathedral, the cathedral of the Diocese of Armagh and the metropolitan cathedral of the Province of Armagh, located in the town of Armagh.
Shane Forster h ...
from 1900 until his death.
Shaw-Hamilton was educated at
Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Univ ...
and ordained in 1879. He began his career at
Aghavea
Aghavea () is a civil parish and townland (of 131 acres) in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Magherastephana.
Towns and villages
The civil parish contains the village of Brookeborough.
Townlands
The c ...
. He was
Rector
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*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
of
Drumcar
Drumcar () is a village and a historical parish, in the barony of Ardee in County Louth, Ireland.
Geography
Drumcar is northeast of Dunleer, on the River Glyde, and near the high road from Dublin to Belfast. It comprises, according to the Ord ...
from 1873 until 1886, then
Rector
Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to:
Style or title
*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
of
Tynan
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is a village, townland (of 375 acres) an ...
from 1886 until 1900. He was announced as the new
dean
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People
* Dean (given name)
* Dean (surname), a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin
* Dean (South Korean singer), a stage name for singer Kwon Hyuk
* Dean Delannoit, a Belgian singer most known by the mononym Dean
* Dean Sw ...
of
St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh There are two St Patrick's Cathedrals in Armagh, Northern Ireland:
* St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Church of Ireland), the Anglican cathedral (and the Catholic cathedral prior to the Protestant Reformation)
* St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Roma ...
, in early April 1900.
He died on 19 July 1908; and there is a memorial to him in the north aisle at
his cathedral.
["Funary Monuments & Memorials in St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh" Curl, J.S. p55: Whitstable; Historical Publications; 2013 ]
References
1840 births
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Deans of Armagh
19th-century Irish Anglican priests
20th-century Irish Anglican priests
1908 deaths
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