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class="infobox-data">1963</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_MacRory" title="Joseph MacRory">Joseph MacRory</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Conway_(cardinal)" title="William Conway (cardinal)">William Conway</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other post(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Meath" title="Bishop of Meath">Bishop of Meath</a> 1943–1946</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background-color:#DDDDDD;">Orders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ordination</th><td class="infobox-data">18 April 1908 (<a href="/wiki/Priesthood_(Catholic_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Priesthood (Catholic Church)">Priest</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Consecration</th><td class="infobox-data">29 June 1942 (<a href="/wiki/Bishop_(Catholicism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop (Catholicism)">Bishop</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created cardinal</th><td class="infobox-data">12 January 1953</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholicism)#Cardinal_priests" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal (Catholicism)">Cardinal priest</a> <i>of S. Agata dei Goti</i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background-color:#DDDDDD;">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">John Francis D'Alton</div><br />11 October 1882<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Claremorris" title="Claremorris">Claremorris</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Mayo" title="County Mayo">County Mayo</a>, Ireland</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">1 February 1963<span style="display:none">(1963-02-01)</span> (aged 80)<br /><a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>, Ireland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Buried</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/St_Patrick%27s_Cathedral,_Armagh_(Roman_Catholic)" title="St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Roman Catholic)">St Patrick's Cathedral Cemetery, Armagh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Denomination</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data">Joseph D'Alton and Mary D'Alton (née Brennan)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Judicare Sine Ira</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coat of arms</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_John_Francis_D%27Alton.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="John Cardinal D'Alton's coat of arms"><img alt="John Cardinal D'Alton's coat of arms" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Coat_of_arms_of_John_Francis_D%27Alton.svg/50px-Coat_of_arms_of_John_Francis_D%27Alton.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Coat_of_arms_of_John_Francis_D%27Alton.svg/75px-Coat_of_arms_of_John_Francis_D%27Alton.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Coat_of_arms_of_John_Francis_D%27Alton.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_John_Francis_D%27Alton.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1150" data-file-height="1226" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Francis <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">Cardinal</a> D'Alton</b> (11 October 1882 – 1 February 1963) was an Irish Cardinal of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a> who served as <a href="/wiki/List_of_Roman_Catholic_Archbishops_of_Armagh" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Roman Catholic Archbishops of Armagh">Archbishop of Armagh</a> and thus <a href="/wiki/Primate_of_All_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Primate of All Ireland">Primate of All Ireland</a> from 1946 until his death. He was elevated to the <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholicism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal (Catholicism)">cardinalate</a> in 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_D%27Alton&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>John D'Alton was born in <a href="/wiki/Claremorris" title="Claremorris">Claremorris</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Mayo" title="County Mayo">County Mayo</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-archarm_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-archarm-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to Joseph D'Alton (d. 1 April 1883) and his wife Mary Brennan, at the height of the <a href="/wiki/Land_War" title="Land War">Land Wars</a> in Ireland. He was <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptised</a> four days later, on 15 October 1882, with Michael and Mary Brennan acting as his godparents. D'Alton's mother had a daughter, Mollie Brennan, from a previous marriage; she remarried again after the Cardinal's father died in 1883. </p><p>He obtained an extensive education at <a href="/wiki/Blackrock_College" title="Blackrock College">Blackrock College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holy_Cross_College_(Dublin)" title="Holy Cross College (Dublin)">Holy Cross College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Clonliffe" title="Clonliffe">Clonliffe</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_College_Dublin" title="University College Dublin">University College Dublin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irish_College" title="Irish College">Irish College</a> in Rome.<sup id="cite_ref-archarm_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-archarm-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a contemporary of <a href="/wiki/%C3%89amon_de_Valera" title="Éamon de Valera">Éamon de Valera</a>, whom he befriended at Blackrock College.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his first year in Blackrock, de Valera beat D'Alton in two subjects – Maths, which he would later go on to teach, and Religion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Priestly_Ministry">Priestly Ministry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_D%27Alton&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Priestly Ministry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>D'Alton was <a href="/wiki/Holy_Orders" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Orders">ordained</a> to the priesthood on 18 April 1908 for service in the <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Dublin" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Dublin">Archdiocese of Dublin</a>. He undertook further postgraduate studies in Rome from 1908 to 1910, gaining a <a href="/wiki/Doctorate_of_Divinity" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctorate of Divinity">Doctorate of Divinity</a> and was appointed to teach Ancient Classics, <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> at <a href="/wiki/St_Patrick%27s_College,_Maynooth" class="mw-redirect" title="St Patrick's College, Maynooth">St. Patrick's College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Maynooth" title="Maynooth">Maynooth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-archarm_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-archarm-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He occupied important roles at the National Seminary and was successively Professor of Ancient Classics (1912), Greek (1922), Vice-President (1934), and President 1936. He was raised to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Monsignor" title="Monsignor">Monsignor</a> on 27 June 1938.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Episcopal_Ministry">Episcopal Ministry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_D%27Alton&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Episcopal Ministry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Meath">Meath</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_D%27Alton&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Meath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 25 April 1942, he was appointed <a href="/wiki/Coadjutor_bishop" title="Coadjutor bishop">Coadjutor bishop</a> of <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Meath_(Roman_Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Meath (Roman Catholic)">Meath</a> and <a href="/wiki/Titular_bishop" title="Titular bishop">Titular bishop</a> of <i>Binda</i>. D'Alton received his <a href="/wiki/Bishop_(Catholicism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop (Catholicism)">episcopal consecration</a> on the following 29 June from Cardinal <a href="/wiki/Joseph_MacRory" title="Joseph MacRory">Joseph MacRory</a>, with Bishops Edward Mulhern and <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Raphoe_(Roman_Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Raphoe (Roman Catholic)">William MacNeely</a> serving as <a href="/wiki/Consecrator" title="Consecrator">co-consecrators</a>, in the chapel of St. Patrick's College. He succeeded Thomas Mulvany as <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Meath_(Roman_Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Meath (Roman Catholic)">Bishop of Meath</a> on 16 June 1943. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Armagh">Armagh</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_D%27Alton&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Armagh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>D'Alton was named <a href="/wiki/List_of_Roman_Catholic_Archbishops_of_Armagh" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Roman Catholic Archbishops of Armagh">Archbishop of Armagh</a> and thus <a href="/wiki/Primate_of_All_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Primate of All Ireland">Primate of All Ireland</a> on 13 June 1946, and was created <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholicism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal (Catholicism)">Cardinal Priest</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Sant%27Agata_dei_Goti" class="mw-redirect" title="Sant'Agata dei Goti">S. Agata dei Goti</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII" title="Pope Pius XII">Pope Pius XII</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Papal_consistory" title="Papal consistory">consistory</a> of 12 January 1953. A <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_electors_in_Papal_conclave,_1958" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal electors in Papal conclave, 1958">cardinal elector</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Papal_conclave,_1958" class="mw-redirect" title="Papal conclave, 1958">1958 papal conclave</a>. He gave a hint of the difficulties involved in that papal conclave and achieving unanimity in the voting.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Preparatory_Commission" title="Central Preparatory Commission">Central Preparatory Commission</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council" title="Second Vatican Council">Second Vatican Council</a> but lived long enough to attend only the Council's first session in 1962. </p><p>One highlight of his time in Armagh was the Patrician Year Celebrations in 1961, marked by the Irish Catholic hierarchy as the 1500th anniversary of the death of <a href="/wiki/St._Patrick" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Patrick">St. Patrick</a> and as such an opportunity to promote the "spiritual empire" created by the Irish Catholic church in the wider anglophone world. D'Alton wrote a pastoral letter to mark the occasion.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cardinal D'Alton was seen to be more <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_ecumenism" title="Catholic Church and ecumenism">ecumenical</a> in outlook than other members of the Irish hierarchy. He tried to broker talks between the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> to ease the tensions between both countries,<sup id="cite_ref-Time19630208_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time19630208-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> even going so far as to address the situation regarding the Irish ports, but to little avail. </p><p>In 1952 he became the first individual from the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a> to receive an honorary degree from <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_University_Belfast" title="Queen's University Belfast">Queen's University Belfast</a>, when he was conferred with a <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Letters" title="Doctor of Letters">Doctorate in Literature</a>. He already possessed a <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Divinity" title="Doctor of Divinity">doctorate in divinity</a> so this degree was a recognition of his earlier works such as <i>Horace and His Age: A Study in Historical Background</i> (1917), <i>Roman Literary Theory and Criticism: A Study in Tendencies</i> (1931), and <i>Selections from St. John Chrysostom</i> (1940).<sup id="cite_ref-Time19630208_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time19630208-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He died from a heart attack in Dublin<sup id="cite_ref-Time19630208_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time19630208-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at age 80, and was buried on the grounds of <a href="/wiki/St_Patrick%27s_Cathedral,_Armagh_(Roman_Catholic)" title="St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Roman Catholic)">St Patrick's Cathedral</a>. He was succeeded by his <a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_bishop" title="Auxiliary bishop">auxiliary bishop</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Conway_(cardinal)" title="William Conway (cardinal)">William Conway</a>. </p><p>In his hometown of <a href="/wiki/Claremorris" title="Claremorris">Claremorris</a>, the Dalton Inn Hotel and Dalton Street (formerly Church Street) are named after him. 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class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Abbots<br />8th–12th centuries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9l%C3%A9_Petair" title="Célé Petair">Célé Petair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fer_d%C3%A1_Chr%C3%ADch_mac_Suibni" title="Fer dá Chrích mac Suibni">Fer dá Chrích mac Suibni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%BA_D%C3%ADnaisc_mac_Conasaig" title="Cú Dínaisc mac Conasaig">Cú Dínaisc mac Conasaig</a></li> <li>Dub dá Leithe I mac Sínaig</li> <li>Fóendelach mac Móenaig</li> <li>Airechtach ua Fáeláin</li> <li>Fóendelach mac Móenaig <small>(second)</small></li> <li>Gormgal mac Dindataig</li> <li>Condmach mac Duib dá Leithe</li> <li>Torbach mac Gormáin</li> <li>Toicthech Ua Tigernaig</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuadu_of_Loch_Uama" title="Nuadu of Loch Uama">Nuadu of Loch Uama</a></li> <li>Flandgus mac Loingsig</li> <li>Artrí mac Conchobair</li> <li>Suibne mac Forandáin</li> <li>Eógan Mainistrech mac Ainbthig</li> <li>Forindán mac Murgile</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diarmait_ua_Tigern%C3%A1in" class="mw-redirect" title="Diarmait ua Tigernáin">Diarmait ua Tigernáin</a></li> <li>Cathassach</li> <li>Féthgno mac Nechtain</li> <li>Máel Cobo mac Crundmaíl</li> <li>Ainmere ua Fáeláin</li> <li>Máel Cobo mac Crundmaíl <small>(second)</small></li> <li>Cathassach mac Robartaig</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A1el_Brigte_mac_Torn%C3%A1in" title="Máel Brigte mac Tornáin">Máel Brigte mac Tornáin</a></li> <li>Ioseph mac Fathaig</li> <li>Máel Pátraic mac Máel Tuile</li> <li>Cathassach mac Doilgén</li> <li>Muiredach mac Fergussa</li> <li>Dub dá Leithe II mac Cellaig</li> <li>Muirecén mac Ciaracáin</li> <li>Máel Muire mac Eochada</li> <li>Amalgaid mac Máel Muire</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dub_d%C3%A1_Leithe" title="Dub dá Leithe">Dub dá Leithe</a> III Máel Muire</li> <li>Cummascach Ua hErodáin</li> <li>Máel Ísu mac Amalgada</li> <li>Domnall mac Amalgada</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cellach_of_Armagh" title="Cellach of Armagh">Cellach of Armagh</a></li> <li>Muirchertach mac Domnall</li> <li>Niall mac Áeda meic Máel Ísu</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Bishops<br />8th–12th centuries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Affiath</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuadu_of_Loch_Uama" title="Nuadu of Loch Uama">Nuadu of Loch Uama</a></li> <li>Artrí mac Conchobair</li> <li>Forindán mac Murgile</li> <li>Máel Pátraic mac Findchon</li> <li>Féthgno mac Nechtain</li> <li>Cathassach mac Robartaig</li> <li>Mochtae daltae Féthgno</li> <li>Máel Aithgin</li> <li>Cellach mac Sóergussa</li> <li>Máel Ciaráin mac Eochocáin</li> <li>Ioseph mac Fathaig</li> <li>Máel Pátraic mac Máel Tuile</li> <li>Cathassach mac Doilgén</li> <li>Cathassach mac Murchadáin</li> <li>Máel Muire mac Scandláinn</li> <li>Airmedach mac Coscraig</li> <li>Cenn Fáelad Sabaill</li> <li>Máel Tuile</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%81ed_Ua_Forr%C3%A9id" title="Áed Ua Forréid">Áed Ua Forréid</a></li> <li>Máel Pátraic mac Airmedaig</li> <li>Cáenchomrac Ua Baigill</li> <li>Máel Coluim Ua Broicháin</li> <li>Máel Brigte Ua Broicháin</li> <li>Amlaim Ua Muirethaig</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Archbishops<br />12th–16th centuries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cellach_of_Armagh" title="Cellach of Armagh">Cellach of Armagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Malachy" title="Saint Malachy">Malachy</a></li> <li>Gilla Meic Liac mac Diarmata</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_of_Armagh" title="Cornelius of Armagh">Cornelius of Armagh</a></li> <li>Gilla in Choimded Ua Caráin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommaltach_Ua_Conchobair" title="Tommaltach Ua Conchobair">Tommaltach Ua Conchobair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mael_%C3%8Dsu_Ua_Cerbaill" title="Mael Ísu Ua Cerbaill">Mael Ísu Ua Cerbaill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommaltach_Ua_Conchobair" title="Tommaltach Ua Conchobair">Tommaltach Ua Conchobair</a> <small>(second)</small></li> <li>Echdonn Mac Gilla Uidir</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Netterville_(priest)" title="Luke Netterville (priest)">Luke Netterville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donatus_%C3%93_Fidabra" title="Donatus Ó Fidabra">Donatus Ó Fidabra</a></li> <li><i>Robert Archer</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Suerbeer" title="Albert Suerbeer">Albert Suerbeer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reginald_of_Bologna" title="Reginald of Bologna">Reginald of Bologna</a></li> <li>Abraham Ó Conalláin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A1el_Patraic_Ua_Scannail" title="Máel Patraic Ua Scannail">Máel Patraic Ua Scannail</a></li> <li>Nicol Mac Máel Ísu</li> <li>Michael MacLochlainn</li> <li><i>Dionysius</i></li> <li>John Taaffe</li> <li>Walter Jorz</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roland_Jorz" title="Roland Jorz">Roland Jorz</a></li> <li>Stephen Seagrave</li> <li>David Mág Oireachtaigh</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_FitzRalph" title="Richard FitzRalph">Richard FitzRalph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milo_Sweetman" title="Milo Sweetman">Milo Sweetman</a></li> <li>Thomas Ó Calmáin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Colton_(bishop)" title="John Colton (bishop)">John Colton</a></li> <li>Nicholas Fleming</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Talbot_(archbishop_of_Dublin)" title="Richard Talbot (archbishop of Dublin)">Richard Talbot</a></i></li> <li>John Swayne</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Prene" title="John Prene">John Prene</a></li> <li>John Mey</li> <li>John Bole</li> <li>John Foxalls</li> <li>Edmund Connesburgh</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Octavian_De_Spinellis" title="Octavian De Spinellis">Ottaviano Spinelli de Palatio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kite" title="John Kite">John Kite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Cromer" title="George 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