William Edward Meade (24 February 1832 – 12 October 1912) was a Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.Cork Anglican "A New History of Ireland", Moody, T.M.; Martin, F.X.; Byrne, F.J.; Cosgrove, F.: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976
Born in county Cork, where his father William was a clergyman, he attended school in Midleton and then university at Trinity College, Dublin,“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 becoming a Scholar in 1856, and earning BA in mathematics 1857, and MA in 1860. He was ordained in 1863.Church and Parish Records of the United Diocese of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross In 1873 he became a Bachelor (BD) and a Doctor of Divinity (DD).The Dublin University calendar 1972-73 Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin: Supplement page 81
He was Rector of Ardtrea and then Archdeacon of Armagh from 1885"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co., 1889. until his elevation to the episcopate in 1893."Handbook of British Chronology", By Fryde, E.B.;. Greenway, D.E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I.: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1996 , 9780521563505
He married Mary Ferrier, the daughter of Fleetwood Churchill of Dublin.
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