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Irish dean
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27 February 1802
Death:
11 August 1874
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Biography
Hugh Usher Tighe (b Castletowndevlin 27 February 1802 – d Newtownstewart 11 August 1874) was a Dean of the Church of England.
He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford and ordained deacon in 1826 and priest in 1827. He began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Longbridge Deverill. After this he was the Rector of Clonmorethen a Chaplain to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.