Thomas Hawkins (27 June 1766 – 17 January 1850) was a Church of Ireland priest in IrelandCartlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann/ National Archives of Ireland during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 , 0713642556
Hawkins was born in County Kildare 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) George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p382: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 He was Rector of Dunkerrin in the Diocese of Kildare, and in 1807 he was appointed a chaplain to The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He became Dean of Clonfert in 1812, and held the postConnaught Journal; Galway, Ireland; Thursday, January 9, 1823; Volume 69 Price 5 Pence until his death."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton, H. p180 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
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