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The Rt Rev. William Bennett Chester DD was a Church of Ireland bishop and author. Educated at Trinity College Dublin he was ordained in 1848. After a curacy in Kilrush he held incumbencies at Killead Kilkee Ballymackey Nenagh and Birr. He was Chancellor then Archdeacon of Killaloe before his elevation to the Episcopate in 1884. He died in post on 27 August 1893.