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Shirley, Walter

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

the rector of Loughrea, Galway County, Ireland, was a cousin of the countess,of Huntingdon. He was born in 1725 and died in 1786. He published, Twelve Sermons (Dublin; reprinted Lond. 1763 [some 1764], 12mo): poems, Liberty, an Ode; The Judgment and some Hymns ("Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing" is believed to be his). He also revised Lady Huntingdon's Hymn-book (1764). See Roger, Lyra Brit. 1868, p. 498, 673; Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Shirley, Walter'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​s/shirley-walter.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.