Charles Lindsay (bishop)
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
[edit]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]
- Vicar of St Peter and St Paul, Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire 1787–1795
- Vicar of Sutterton, Lincolnshire 1793–1803
- Rector of Tydd St Giles, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire 1795–1803
- Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora 1803–1804
- Bishop of Kildare 1804–1846
- Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin 1804–1846
Family
[edit]Linsday married firstly Elizabeth Fydell, daughter of Thomas Fydell MP, on 1 January 1790. They had three children:[8]
- Charles Lindsay (1790–1855), Archdeacon of Kildare
- Elizabeth Frances Lindsay (1791–1812), married Sir Compton Domvile Bt MP
- Philip Yorke Lindsay (1795–1832)
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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- ^ "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
- ^ "Handbook of British Chronology" By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 9780521563505
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Charles Dalrymple Lindsay". The University of Glasgow Story. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "Lindsay, Charles (35238)". The Clergy Database. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Rt. Rev. Hon. Charles Dalrymple Lindsay". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
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