John Wardlaw was an Irish Anglican priest.Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. .
Wardlaw was born in County Cavan 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, G.D./Sadlier, T.U. p859: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 He held livings at Killukin and Tunnagh. Wardlaw was appointed Archdeacon of Elphin in 1769'A Statistical Account, Or Parochial Survey of Ireland, Volume 2' Mason, W.S. p330: Dublin; John Cumming; 1816 and held the post until 1781."The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 4, The Province of Connaght" Cotton, H p142 Dublin; Hodges and Smith; 1849 He was then Prebendary of Tullabracky in Limerick Cathedral from 1781 until 1784."The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 1, The Province of Munster" Cotton, H p418 Dublin; Hodges and Smith; 1849 He died in 1801, and is buried in a vault adjoining the ruin of Meelick Church, Punchbowl, Co. Clare.
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