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John Alcock (archdeacon of Waterford)

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John Alcock (23 October 1804, in Kilkenny[1] – 15 September 1886, in Waterford) was an Irish Anglican priest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[2]

He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin[3] and ordained in 1829.[4] He was Perpetual curate of the Bethseda Chapel, Dublin[5] from 1852 to 1866; and Rector of Waterford from 1866 until his death.[6]

Sermons

  • A Shock of Corn Fully Ripe: A Sermon Preached in Bethesda Chapel, on the Occasion of the Death of Arthur Guinness, Esq., by Rev. John Alcock AM, 17 June 1855.
  • National Sins and National Calamity by Rev. John Alcock, preached in Bethesda Chapel on the day of fasting and prayer for the Crimea War, Wednesday, 21 March 1855.

References

  1. ^ "Headstones: WATERFORD, St. Johns Hill Cemetery, Waterford City, Waterford, Ireland". Ireland Genealogy Projects. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  2. ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  3. ^ "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) p6: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  4. ^ Walking with God: A Memoir of the Venerable John Alcock, Late Archdeacon of Waterford by His Daughter Alcock, D: London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1887
  5. ^ "Guinness's Brewery in the Irish Economy 1759–1876" Lynch, P; Vaizey, J. p103 Cambridge, CUP, 1960
  6. ^ 'Miscellaneous' Manchester Times (Manchester, England), Saturday, 18 September 1886; Issue 1523. British Library Newspapers, Part I: 1800–1900
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Waterford
1879–1886
Succeeded by