George Galbraith (priest)

George Galbraith was Dean of Derry[1] from 1901 until[2] his death in 1911.[3]

Born in 1829,[4] he was educated at Portora Royal School and Trinity College, Dublin. He was ordained in 1852 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Kilglass. He was Rector of Lower Cumber[5] from 1867[6] until his elevation to the Deanery.[7]

He died on 3 October 1911.

References

1. Library Ireland
2. IGP
3. "A New History of Ireland" Moody,T.W; Martin,F.X; Byrne,F.J;Cosgrove,A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
4. GALBRAITH, Very Rev. George’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 1 Feb 2013
5. Dippam
6. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
7. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by Thomas Olphert	Dean of Derry 1901–1911	Succeeded by Richard Hayes