John West (priest) explained

John West was an Irish Anglican priest.^[1] He was Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin in the Church of Ireland from 1864 to 1889.^[2]

Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was ordained in 1830 and began his ordained ministry career as curate at Monkstown, County Dublin. He was the incumbent at St Ann's Dublin,^[3] and then archdeacon of the city before his appointment to the eanery,^[4] a post he held for 25 years.^[5] He died on 5 July 1890.^[6]

His son Charles Dickinson West became an engineer and naval architect.

References

1. News: Ecclesiastical Intelligence . The Hampshire Advertiser . Southampton, England . 14 September 1889 . 7 . 4514 .
2. Handbook of British Chronology by Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996, 9780521563505
3. Web site: The Historical Background . St Ann's Church - St Stephen's Church . 22 November 2020.
4. A New History of Ireland by Theodore William Moody, F. X. Martin, Francis John Byrne
5. The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory, London, Hamilton & Co 1889
6. News: . 7 July 1890 . 6; col F . 33057 . Obituary The Rev. Dr West.