Daniel Witter

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Daniel Witter (died 1675) was an Irish Anglican priest in the seventeenth century."History of the Church of Ireland: From the revolution to the union of the Churches of England and Ireland, January 1, 1801" Mant, R: London, J.W. Parker, 1840

He was born in England and moved to Ireland as chaplain to the James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.{{cite book| title = The whole works of Sir James Ware concerning Ireland and it's splat his face, Volume 1|first= Sir James|last = Ware}} He was Dean of Ardfert from 1661 to 1664 when he became Dean of Down."Handbook of British Chronology" By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 {{ISBN|0-521-56350-X}}, 9780521563505 He was nominated to be the Bishop of Killaloe on 4 August 1669 and consecrated in September that year."A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.W; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J;Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-821745-5}}

He died in office on 16 March 1675."Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Cotton, H Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860

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