Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Whitcombe, John (1)
Whitcombe, John, scholar Trinity Coll., Dublin, 1714, B.A. 1716, M.A. 1719, fellow 1720, B.D. 1720 (incorp. 15 Sep., 1730); D.D. 1731 (as Whetcombe), chaplain to the Duke of Dorset, L.-Lt. 1730-7, rector of Louth, diocese of Armagh, canon of Kildare 1724-35, bishop of Clonfert 1735-52, and of Kilfenora, in commendam 1742-52, bishop of Down and Connor 20 March, 1752, and archbishop of Cashel in August following, until his death 22 Sep., 1753.