Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Howard, Robert (1)
Howard, Robert, of Trinity Coll., Dublin (B.A. 1701, fellow & M.A. 1703, B. & D.D. 1716); incorp. 2 June, 1715 (2nd son of Ralph Howard, of Shelton, co. Wicklow), dean of Ardagh 1722, precentor of Christ Church, Dublin, and chancellor of St. Patrick's 1723, bishop of Killala and Achonry 1726-30, and of Elphin 1730, until his death in April, 1740, father of Ralph, Viscount Wicklow. See Foster's Peerage.