List of provosts of Trinity College Dublin[1]
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No.
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Name
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Tenure
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Lifetime
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Notes
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1
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Adam Loftus
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1592–1594
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c.1533–1605
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Also was Archbishop of Armagh, Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
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2
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Walter Travers
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1594–1598
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c.1548–1634
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3
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Henry Alvey
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1601–1609
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4
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Sir William Temple
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1609–1627
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c.1555–1627
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5
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William Bedell
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1627–1629
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c.1571–1642
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Later became Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh in 1629.
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6
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Robert Ussher
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1629–1634
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Later became Bishop of Kildare 1636–1642.
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7
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William Chappell
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1634–1640
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c.1582–1649
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Also was Bishop of Cork and Ross 1638–1649.
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8
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Richard Washington
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1640–1641
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9
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Anthony Martin
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1645–1650
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d. 1650
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Also was Bishop of Meath 1625–1650
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10
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Samuel Winter
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1652–1660
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c.1603–1666
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11
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Thomas Seele
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1661–1675
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c.1611–1675
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Also was Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin 1666–1675
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12
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Michael Ward
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1674–1678
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c.1643–1681
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Later became Bishop of Ossory in 1678, transferred to Derry in 1680.
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13
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Narcissus Marsh
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1679–1683
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c.1638–1713
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Later became Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin 1683, then Archbishop of Cashel in 1690, Archbishop of Dublin in 1694, and Archbishop of Armagh in 1703.
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14
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Robert Huntington[2]
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1683–1692
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c.1636–1701
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Later became Bishop of Raphoe from July to September 1701. In Huntington's absence from 1688, James II appointed Michael Moore, Catholic vicar-general of Dublin, as head of the college for a short period from 1689 until 1690; noted for along with the librarian Fr. McCarthy, protecting the library from pillage and burning. He was later Rector of the University of Paris.[3]
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15
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St George Ashe
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1692–1695
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c.1658–1718
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Later became bishop of Cloyne in 1695, translated to Clogher in 1697, and finally to Derry in 1717.
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16
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George Browne
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1695–1699
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c.1649–1699
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17
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Peter Browne
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1699–1710
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c.1665–1735
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Later became Bishop of Cork and Ross 1710–1735.
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18
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Benjamin Pratt
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1710–1717
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c.1669–1721
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Later became Dean of Down 1717–1721.
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19
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Richard Baldwin
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1717–1758
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c.1668–1758
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20
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Francis Andrews
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1758–1774
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c.1718–1774
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He left £3,000 to found the Dunsink Observatory and the Andrews chair of astronomy.
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21
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John Hely-Hutchinson
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1774–1794
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c.1724–1794
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22
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Richard Murray
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1795–1799
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c.1726–1799
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23
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John Kearney
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1799–1806
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c.1742–1813
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Later became Bishop of Ossory 1806–1813.
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24
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George Hall
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1806–1811
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c.1753–1811
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Later became Bishop of Dromore 17–23 November 1811.
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25
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Thomas Elrington
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1811–1820
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c.1760–1835
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Later became Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe in 1820, then translated to Ferns and Leighlin in 1822.
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26
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Samuel Kyle
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1820–1831
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c.1771–1848
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Later became Bishop of Cork and Ross 1831–1835, and Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross 1835–1848
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27
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Bartholomew Lloyd
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1831–1837
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c.1772–1837
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28
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Franc Sadleir
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1837–1851
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c.1774–1851
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29
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Richard MacDonnell
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1851–1867
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c.1787–1867
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30
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Humphrey Lloyd
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1867–1881
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c.1800–1881
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31
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John Hewitt Jellett
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1881–1888
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c.1817–1888
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32
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George Salmon
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1888–1904
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c.1819–1904
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Also was Chancellor of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin 1871–1904.
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33
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Anthony Traill
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1904–1914
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c.1838–1914
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34
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Sir John Pentland Mahaffy
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1914–1919
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c.1839–1919
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35
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John Henry Bernard
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1919–1927
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c.1860–1927
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Formerly Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin 1902–1911, Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin 1911–1915, and Archbishop of Dublin 1915–1919.
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36
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Edward John Gwynn
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1927–1937
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c.1868–1941
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37
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William Thrift
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1937–1942
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c.1870–1942
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TD for Dublin University 1921–1937
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38
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Ernest Alton
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1942–1952
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c.1873–1952
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TD for Dublin University 1921–1937, Senator for Dublin University 1938–1943
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39
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Albert Joseph McConnell
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1952–1974
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1903–1993
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40
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F. S. L. Lyons
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1974–1981
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1923–1983
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41
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William Arthur Watts
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1981–1991
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1930–2010
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42
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Thomas Mitchell
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1991–2001
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b. 1939
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First Catholic to be Provost since Michael Moore in 1690.[4]
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43
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John Hegarty
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2001–2011
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44
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Patrick Prendergast[5]
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2011–2021
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45
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Linda Doyle
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2021–
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elected 10 April 2021[6] to take office 1 August 2021. First woman elected provost.
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