Nicholas Proude

Nicholas Proudewas a Church of Ireland priest in Ireland during the seventeenth century.

Proude was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. He graduated BA in 1629 and MA in 1632. He held livings at Ballysheehan, Killenaule and Ballingarry He was appointed Archdeacon of Cashel in 1640and Dean of Clonfert in 1666; "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton,H. p179 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878 and held both offices until his death in 1669.