HIGGIN

Right Rev. William ( 4 son of John Higgin of Greenfield, governor of Lancaster castle 1783–1833 ). b. Lancaster 27 Sep. 1793; ed. at Lancaster gram. sch., Manchester gram. sch., and Trin. coll. Cam., 13 wr. 1817, B.A. 1817; M.A. of Trin. coll. Dublin 1835, D.D. 1849; C. of Clifton 1817–20; chaplain Richmond general penitentiary, Dublin 1820–8; R. of Roscrea 1828–45; vicar general of Killaloe 1828–45; dean of Limerick, instituted 25 Jany. 1845; bishop of Limerick 1849; translated to Derry 7 Dec. 1853, enthroned 20 Dec.; comr. of national education 1853; an ecclesiastical comr. for Ireland 1866; author of Ministerial fidelity and zeal. A sermon 1839, and other sermons and charges 1849–67. d. the Palace, London derry 12 July 1867. bur. in ground of St. Columba cath. Manchester school register, iii , 62–5 (1874).