William Cradock (dean of St Patrick's)

William Cradock (b Wolverhampton 28 June 1741 - d Edinburgh 1 May 1793) was an Irish Anglican priest in the 18th-century.[1]

Cradock was educated at Shrewsbury School and St John's College, Cambridge.[2] He was Archdeacon of Kilmore from 1770 until 1775; and Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin from then until his death.[3]

References

1. "Robert Hunter, Portrait Painter - Irish Artists". libraryireland.com. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
2. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1751-1900 Vol. ii. Chalmers – Fytche (1944) p408
3. "A New History of Ireland" T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5