Arthur John Preston (26 April 1761 – 3 November 1844) was an Anglican priest"The Life of John Jebb, D.D., F.R.S.: Bishop of Limerick" Volume 1 Forster, C: London; James Duncan; 1836 in Ireland"A treatise on the government of the Church" Barwick, E: Belfast; George Berwick; 1813 at the end of 18th and the beginning of the 19th centuries.
He was born in Dublin and 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) p681: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 Preston was appointed a Canon of Kildare Cathedral in 1793;"Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland Vol II" Cotton, H p241: Dublin, Hodges,1848 and Dean of Kildare in 1808."Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland Vol II" Cotton, H p251: Dublin, Hodges,1848 In 1809 he became Dean of Limerick,"Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland Vol I" Cotton, H pp397/8: Dublin, Hodges,1848 a post he held until his death.
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