Henry Rider

This article is about the Bishop of Killaloe. For the Bishop of Lichfield, see Henry Ryder.

Henry Rider ( b Paris; d Clonmethan 30 January 1696) was an 18th-century Anglican bishop in Ireland.^[1]

Rider was born in Paris, where his father Thomas Ryder was Secretary to the British Legation. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[2] He became a prebendary of Ossory in 1681;^[3] and of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin in 1683.^[4] He was appointed Archdeacon of Ossory in 1692,^[5] and Bishop of Killaloe in 1693, an office which his grandfather had previously held, John Rider.^[6]

References

1. Fryde, Edmund Boleslav; Greenway, D.E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British chronology. Offices of the Royal Historical Society : University College. p. 398. OCLC 989682481.
2. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1751 > Vol. ii. Dabbs – Juxton, 1922 Online version
3. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. pp313 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
4. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. pp153/4 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
5. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. pp305/6 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
6. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. pp467/8 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878