Gideon Ouseley (24 February 1762 – 13 May 1839) was born into an Anglican gentry family in Dunmore, County Galway.
Biography
His father, although a deist, intended that his son enter the clergy, He was tutored with his cousins Gore and William, and all three had notable careers.
Married at age 20, Ouseley led a wild life that dissipated both his own and his wife's fortunes. After losing an eye when shot in a tavern brawl, a loss that reputedly left him with a frightening appearance, and he set out in turn, to convert and reform others. Ouseley preached the gospel, mostly in Ulster, until his death, preaching up to 20 sermons a week.
The writer John Mulvey Ousley was of a later generation of the same family.
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External links
- Gideon Ouseley, From A Compendium of Irish Biography, 1878
- Dun Laoghaire Methodist Church: How it began