William Perceval

William Perceval, D.D. was an Irish priest in the first decades of the 18th century.^[1]

The nephew of Sir John Perceval, 1st Baronet, he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford^[2] and Trinity College, Dublin.^[3] He was Archdeacon of Cashel from 1703 until 1725;^[4] and Dean of Emly from 1714 until 1735.^[5] He also became a Prebendary of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin in 1720.^[6]

References[]

^ "A New History of Ireland" Moody,T.W; Martin,F.X; Byrne,F.J;Cosgrove,A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
^ Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Peach-Peyton
^ "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593-1860)" Burtchaell, George Dames/Sadleir, Thomas Ulick (Eds) p662: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
^ Cotton (Ibid) Vol I p79
^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 400–401. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
^ Cotton (Ibid) Vol II p79

Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by Edward Hinton	Archdeacon of Cashel 1703–1725	Succeeded by Francis Higgins
Preceded by John Wetherby	Dean of Emly 1714–1735	Succeeded by John Auchmuty

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