Hugh Jackson Lawlor was an Irish

Ireland

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 Anglican priest and author. He was Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin

Deans of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin

The Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral is the head of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, elected by the Chapter of the cathedral. The office was created in 1219 or 1220, by one of several charters granted to the cathedral by Archbishop Henry de Loundres between 1218 and 1220.For centuries, the Dean of St...

 in the Church of Ireland

Church of Ireland

The Church of Ireland is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. The church operates in all parts of Ireland and is the second largest religious body on the island after the Roman Catholic Church...

 in the first half of the 20th century.
He was educated at Drogheda Grammar School

Drogheda Grammar School

Drogheda Grammar School is a co-educational, multi-denominational boarding and day school, located on the Mornington Road, Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland....

, Rathmines School, Dublin  and Trinity College, Dublin

Trinity College, Dublin

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. He was a Curate

Curate

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 at Christ Church, Kingstown

Dún Laoghaire

Dún Laoghaire or Dún Laoire , sometimes anglicised as "Dunleary" , is a suburban seaside town in County Dublin, Ireland, about twelve kilometres south of Dublin city centre. It is the county town of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County and a major port of entry from Great Britain...

 from 1885 to 1893 then an assistant to Archbishop King’s Lecturer in Divinity at the University of Dublin

University of Dublin

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. He was Senior Chaplain

Chaplain

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 of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh

St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal)

St Mary's Cathedral or the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary the Virgin is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was built in the late 19th century in the West End of Edinburgh's New Town. The cathedral is the see of the Bishop of Edinburgh, one of seven bishops...

 from 1893 to 1898 and then Professor

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 of Ecclesiastical History

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 at the University of Dublin. From 1924 unil his retirement in 1933 he was also an Anglican Dean

Dean (religion)

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