William French (1739-1790) was an 18th-century Anglican priest in Ireland."A New History of Ireland" T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976
French was born in County 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 (1593–1860Burtchaell, G.D./Sadlier, T.U. p310: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 Lewis was Treasurer of Killaloe Cathedral from 1754 to 1760;"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p484 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878 and Archdeacon of Kilfenora from 1743Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 360–361 to 1767."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p512 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
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