Francis Hales (1822–1900) was an Anglican priest in Australia during the Nineteenth Century.Australian Dictionary of Biography
Hales was born in County Limerick 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 p356: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 Hales was ordained deacon in 1847 and priest in 1848. His first post was a curacy at Castlebar. He then sailed for Australia. He served incumbencies at Heidelberg and Launceston.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1898 pp 575/6: London, Horace Cox, 1885 He was Archdeacon of Launceston from 1877 until his death.Launceston Family Album
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