Thomas Hacket, D.D. was an Anglican bishop in the second half of the seventeenth century.Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 , 0713642556
An Englishman, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin."Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593-1860)" Burtchaell, George Dames/Sadleir, Thomas Ulick (Eds) p354: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 He was Vicar of Cheshunt before his appointment as Dean of Cork on 31 May 1661."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p 240: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 He was appointed a Chaplain to King Charles II of England in 1662. In 1672 he became Bishop of Down and Connor; and held this See until he was deprived in 1694."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p 208 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 He died in 1697
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