Calling a spade a spade: Richard Hanson as Bishop of Clogher, 1970-73
RICHARD HANSON came from a distinguished Irish Protestant family. His grandfather had been a Professor of Classics at Trinity College Dublin, among the fi rst group of scholars to be elected to the British Academy; his father, Sir Philip Hanson, had served as Chairman of the Board of Works for the new Irish state; his mother Deena was a prominent social figure.
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Alan Ford
is Professor Emeritus of Theology at Nottingham University with a particular interest in the Church of Ireland.