George White (Dean of Cashel)

Rev. George Purcell White (1842 – 14 January 1908) was an Irish Anglican clergyman who was Dean of Cashel[1] from 1890[2] to 1908.[3]

For his son, see George White (archdeacon).

He was the son of James White. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1864. His first post was as Curate of Athassel, of which parish he later became the incumbent.[4] He moved to Templemore in 1881, and remained there until his son took over from him in 1903.

He married Henrietta Poole Townsend in 1865.[5] He died in Cashel, aged 66.[6]

References
  1. Fifty years of disestablishment Patton, H.E: Dublin, SPCK, 1922
  2. "The Church of Ireland." The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Saturday, 27 December 1890; Issue 23550
  3. British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections Wright, C: New Haven, Yale University Press, 2006 ISBN 0300117302
  4. The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Tuesday, 1 July 1890; Issue 23396
  5. Ireland, Select Marriages, 1619-1898
  6. Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by
Arthur Henry Leech		 Dean of Cashel
1890–1908		 Succeeded by
Maurice William Day


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