John West (priest)
Irish Anglican priest
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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, Dublin. He was the incumbent at St Ann's Dublin,[3] and then archdeacon of the city before his appointment to the Deanery,[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.