William Higgin

William Higgin, 1853 lithograph

William Higgin (1793 – 12 July 1867)^[1] was the 18th Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe from 1849^[2] until 1853, when he was translated to Derry and Raphoe.^[3]

Life

Higgin was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating BA as 13th wrangler in 1813.^[4] He was the incumbent at Roscrea from 1828^[5] to 1835 when he became Vicar general of Killaloe.^[6] In 1844 he became Dean of Limerick,^[7] his last post before elevation to the episcopate.

Higgin was nominated to Derry and Raphoe on 18 November 1853 and appointed there by letters patent dated 7 December 1853.^{[citation needed]}

Family

Higgin married in 1820 Mary Chippendall, daughter of Thomas Chippendall, of Blackburn.^[4] They had three sons and four daughters.^[8]

References

1. The Pall Mall Gazette (London, England), Monday, 15 July 1867; Issue 757.
2. "Handbook of British Chronology" by Fryde, E. B.;. Greenway, D. E.;Porter, S.; Roy, I.: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 9780521563505.
3. "A New History of Ireland" Moody, T. M.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J.; Cosgrove, F.:Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5.
4. "Higgin, William (HGN813W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
5. The Times, Wednesday, 17 November 1830; p. 3; Issue 14386; col F, Marriages.
6. The Standard (London, England), Monday, 15 July 1867; p. 2; Issue 13397. (696 words). 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
7. The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Tuesday, 16 July 1867; p. 7; Issue 4438. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
8. Yerburgh, Edmund Rochfort (1912). Some notes on our family history. London: Constable and Co. Ltd. pp. 197–198.

Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by Edmund Knox	Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe 1849–1853	Succeeded by Henry Griffin
Preceded by Richard Ponsonby	Bishop of Derry and Raphoe 1853–1867	Succeeded by William Alexander