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Thomas Benson (priest)

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Thomas Benson (1654 – 1715) was an Anglican priest in Ireland during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.[1]

Benson was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[2] He was the Archdeacon of Kildare from 1681 until his death.;[3]

References

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  1. ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  2. ^ "Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)" George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p60: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  3. ^ "Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland Vol II" Cotton, H pp246/7: Dublin, Hodges,1848