Tighe, Richard William (1744–1828)

Richard William Tighe (1744–1828): A member of the Tighe family of Rossanna, County Wicklow, and uncle of the poet Mary Tighe (1772–1810; DNB). He was the author of Psalms and Hymns (1789) and of other sermons and religious tracts. In 1821 he sent Southey a copy of his biography of the devotional writer and non-juror William Law (1686–1761; DNB).