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Charles Lindsay (bishop)

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Charles Dalrymple Lindsay (also spelt Lyndsay; 15 December 1760 – 8 August 1846),[1] was Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora from 1803 to 1804[2] when he was translated to Kildare.[3]

Life

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Lindsay was the son of James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres and Anne Dalrymple. He was educated at Wisbech Grammar School[4] and then the University of Glasgow, and in 1779 received a Snell Exhibition[5] to Balliol College, Oxford, graduating B.A. 1783, M.A. 1786,[6] and D.D. at Glasgow in 1804.[5] He was chairman of the Wisbech Canal company.

He held the following positions in the church:[6][7]

Family

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Linsday married firstly Elizabeth Fydell, daughter of Thomas Fydell MP, on 1 January 1790. They had three children:[8]

Linsday married secondly Catherine Eliza Coussmaker, daughter of Evert George Coussmaker and Mary Heyward, on 2 June 1798. They had one child:[8]

  • George Hayward Lindsay (1799–1886)

Notes

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  2. ^ "The history and topography of the county of Clare, from the earliest times to the beginning of the 18th century" Frost J: Dublin Sealy, Bryers & Walker 1893
  3. ^ "Handbook of British Chronology" By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 9780521563505
  4. ^ Nicholas, Carlisle (1818). "Wisbech". A Concise Description of the Endowed Grammar Schools in England and Wales, Volume 1. London: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy. p. 103. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Charles Dalrymple Lindsay". The University of Glasgow Story. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  6. ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Lindsay, Charles Dalrymple" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  7. ^ "Lindsay, Charles (35238)". The Clergy Database. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Rt. Rev. Hon. Charles Dalrymple Lindsay". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora
1803–1804
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Kildare
1804–1846
Succeeded by
Diocese united with Meath