Henry Rider ( b Paris; d Clonmethan 30 January 1696) was an 18th-century Anglican bishop in Ireland.
Rider was born in Paris, where his father Thomas Ryder was Secretary to the British Legation. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge.Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1751 > Vol. ii. Dabbs – Juxton, 1922 Online version He became a prebendary of Ossory in 1681;"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. pp313 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 and of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin in 1683."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. pp153/4 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 He was appointed Archdeacon of Ossory in 1692,"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. pp305/6 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 and Bishop of Killaloe in 1693, an office which his grandfather had previously held, John Rider."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. pp467/8 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
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