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Charles Cobbe
Charles Cobbe (1686–1765) was Archbishop of Dublin from 1743 to 1765. He was the second son of Thomas and Veriana (nee Chaloner) Cobbe of Winchester in Hampshire, England.
In 1730 Charles married Dorothea Levinge, widow of Sir John Rawdon Bt, of Moira, County Down. Dorothea had two sons by Sir John: John, later Earl of Moira; and Arthur Rawdon. Dorothea bore two more sons by Charles Cobbe: Charles (1731–1750); and Thomas (1733–1814).
Charles was a member of the prominent Cobbe family, and built the ancestral home Newbridge Estate outside Dublin between 1747 and 1752.
Ecclesiastical career
Cobbe arrived in Ireland in August 1717 as chaplain to Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton. By January the following year he was appointed Dean of Ardagh. In 1720 he was appointed to the Bishopric of Killala. By 1726 he was translated to the See of Dromore, and in 1731 he was promoted to the Bishopric of Kildare and the Deanery of Christ Church. He held this position until 10th March 1743 when he was enthroned as Archbishop of Dublin, bringing him to fourth in precedence in the government of Ireland.
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Religious titles Preceded by
John HoadlyArchbishop of Dublin
1743–1765Succeeded by
William CarmichaelPreceded by
Welbore EllisBishop of Kildare
1732–1743Succeeded by
George StonePreceded by
Ralph LambertBishop of Dromore
1727–1732Succeeded by
Henry MaulePreceded by
Henry DownesBishop of Killala and Achonry
1720–1727Succeeded by
Robert HowardAnglican Archbishops of Dublin George Browne • Hugh Curwen • Adam Loftus • Thomas Jones • Lancelot Bulkeley • James Margetson • Michael Boyle • John Parker • Francis Marsh • Narcissus Marsh • William King • John Hoadly • Charles Cobbe • William Carmichael • Arthur Smyth • John Cradock • Robert Fowler • The Viscount Somerton/The Earl of Normanton • Euseby Cleaver • Lord John Beresford • William Magee • Richard Whately • Richard Chenevix Trench • The Lord Plunket • Joseph Peacocke • John Bernard • Charles D'Arcy • John Gregg • Arthur Barton • George Simms • Alan Buchanan • Henry McAdoo • Donald Caird • Walton Empey • John Neill • Michael Jackson
Categories:- Cobbe family
- Anglican Archbishops of Dublin
- 18th-century Anglican archbishops
- Anglican bishops of Killala
- Anglican bishops of Dromore
- Anglican bishops of Kildare
- 1686 births
- 1765 deaths
- Members of the Privy Council of Ireland
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