Francis James Hurst (1835 – 7 March 1906) was an Irish Anglican priest in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries:"Clogher clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Clogher, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, etc." Leslie, J.B. p38: Enniskillen; R.H. Ritchie; 1929 he was Archdeacon of Clogher from 1903 until 1906.Fifty years of disestablishment Patton, H.E. p339: Dublin; Association Promoting Christian Knowledge; 1922
Hurst was born in County Monaghan.Ireland, Census, 1901 He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1859. He served curacies at Trory and Tydavnet. He was the incumbent at Clabby from 1873 until 1906.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1898 p694: London; Horace Cox; 1898
He died at Vicar's Dale, in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, aged 71.
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