Michael Ward
Michael Ward, by Hugh Howard
12th Provost of Trinity College Dublin
In office
30 July 1675 – 1 August 1678
Preceded byThomas Seele
Succeeded byNarcissus Marsh
Personal details
Born1643
Newport, Shropshire, England
Died1681
Oxford, England
Alma materTrinity College Dublin

'Michael Ward (1643-1681) was an English 17th-century Anglican bishop and academic who served as the 12th Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1675 to 1678.[1]

Ward was the son of Richard Ward. He was born in Newport, Shropshire, England,[2] and he was educated at Trinity College Dublin.[3] Ward was Regius Professor of Divinity at Trinity College Dublin from 1670 to 1678 and its Provost from 1674 to 1678;[4] Dean of Lismore from 1670 to 1678;[5] Archdeacon of Armagh from 1674 to 1678;[6] Bishop of Ossory from 1678 to 1680;[7] and Derry from 1680;[8] until his death on 3 October 1681.[citation needed] His early death at 38 cut short a career which saw his meteoric rise to high office, fuelled by his great ambition.

His nephew, also Michael Ward, was an Irish politician and judge, and father of the first Viscount Bangor.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 345. ISBN 0-521-56350-X
  2. ^ Denis Larionov & Alexander Zhulin. "Armagh clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Armagh, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, &c by James B Leslie (page 8 of 62)". ebooksread.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. ^ "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 p833: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  4. ^ Former Provosts, TCD
  5. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the Prelates- Volume 1" Cotton, H p168: Dublin, Hodges, 1848
  6. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the Prelates- Volume 2" Cotton, H p46: Dublin, Hodges, 1848
  7. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the Prelates- Volume 2" Cotton, H pp281/2: Dublin, Hodges, 1848
  8. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the Prelates- Volume 3" Cotton, H p319: Dublin, Hodges, 1848
  9. ^ W. N. Osborough, ‘Ward, Michael (1683–1759)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 3 Sept 2014

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Academic offices Preceded byRichard Lingard Regius Professor of Divinity, Trinity College Dublin 1670–1678 Succeeded byWilliam Palliser Preceded byThomas Seele Provost of Trinity College Dublin 1674–1678 Succeeded byNarcissus Marsh Church of Ireland titles Preceded byRichard Lingard Dean of Lismore 1670–1678 Succeeded byEdward Jones Preceded byWilliam Smith Archdeacon of Armagh 1674–1678 Succeeded byThomas Otway Preceded byBenjamin Parry Bishop of Ossory 1678–1680 Preceded byRobert Mossom Bishop of Derry 1680–1681 Succeeded byEzekiel Hopkins


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