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See also:IRELAND, See also:JOHN (1761-1842) , See also:English divine and See also:dean of See also:Westminster, was See also:born at See also:Ashburton, See also:Devonshire, on the 8th of See also:September 1761, his See also:father being a See also:butcher in that See also:town. For a See also:short See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time he worked in a shoemaker's See also:shop. Subsequently he proceeded to See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, and in due course took See also:holy orders. Through the See also:interest of the See also:earl of See also:Liverpool he was in 1802 appointed a See also:prebendary of Westminster See also:Abbey, in 1815 he was promoted to the deanery of Westminster, and from 1816 to 1835 he was also See also:rector of See also:Islip, See also:Oxfordshire. In 1825 he gave £4000 for the See also:foundation at Oxford of four " Ireland " scholarships of the value of £30 a See also:year each, " for the promotion of classical learning and See also:taste." He also gave £500 to Westminster school for the See also:establishment of prizes for Latin hexameters. He died at Westminster on the 2nd of September 1842, and was buried in the abbey.
End of Article: IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
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