Hugh Usher Tighe (b Castletowndevlin 27 February 1802 – d Newtownstewart 11 August 1874)[1][2] was a Dean of the Church of England.[3][4]

He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford and ordained deacon in 1826 and priest in 1827.[5] He began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Longbridge Deverill. After this he was the Rector of Clonmore[6] then a Chaplain to Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.[7]

References

  1. ^ Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries The Morning Post (London, England), Saturday, 15 August 1874; pg. 8; Issue 31864
  2. ^ "RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE" The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Tuesday, 22 May 1860; Issue 4065
  3. ^ "Hugh Usher Tighe". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  4. ^ "IRELAND" Berrow's Worcester Journal (Worcester, England), Saturday, 12 August 1854; pg. 6; Issue 7916
  5. ^ "Tighe, Hugh Usher (1826–1827) (CCEd Person ID 40731)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  6. ^ Genealogical website
  7. ^ "LORD DE GREY'S CHAPLAINS" The Morning Chronicle (London, England), Friday, 29 October 1841; Issue 22448
Church of Ireland titles Preceded byRichard Boyle Bernard Dean of Leighlin 1850–1854 Succeeded byJames Lyster Preceded byCharles Augustus Vignoles Deans of the Chapel Royal, Dublin 1843–1860 Succeeded byCharles Graves Preceded byRichard Murray Dean of Ardagh 1854–1858 Succeeded byAugustus William West Preceded byThomas Bunbury Gough Dean of Derry 1860–1874 Succeeded byCharles Seymour


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