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William Barker (priest, died 1776)

Irish Anglican priest (fl. 1757–1776)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 11, 2025
Entity authorityQ62986295 ↗
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William Barker was an Anglican priest in Ireland.

Barker was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was Dean of Raphoe from 1757 until his death in 1776. His grandson was the second Anglican bishop of Sydney.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1757, 1776—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where William, Barker and priest can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “William Barker (priest, died 1776)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.