- Nathaniel Alexander (bishop)
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The Rt Hon and Most Rev [1]
Nathaniel Alexander
DDBishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh In office
1802–1804Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora [2] In office
May 1804 – November 1804Bishop of Down and Connor In office
1804–1823Bishop of Meath In office
1823–1840Personal details Spouse(s) Anne née Jackson Religion Church of Ireland Nathaniel Alexander (1760 – 21 October 1840), was an Anglican Bishop in Ireland during the first half of the 19th century.[3]
He was born in 1760 and educated at Harrow and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[4] He was appointed[5] Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh [6] in 1802 [7] and translated to Killaloe in 1804. Only six months later he became Bishop of Down and Connor.[8] He was translated for a third time to Meath [9] in 1823.[10] A nephew of James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon and uncle of a futureArchbishop of Armagh, he died in post on 21 October 1840.[11]
References
- ^ Despite his title he is not an Archbishop but by tradition the Premier Bishop of Ireland > Debrett’s Correct Form Montague-Smith,P(Ed): London, Debrett’s,1992 ISBN 0747206589
- ^ "A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.M; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F:Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0198217455
- ^ Fasti Ecclesiae Hiberniae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Volume 4 Cotton, H Dublin, James Charles & son 1850
- ^ Alexander, Nathaniel in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
- ^ The Times, Friday, Mar 19, 1802; pg. 3; Issue 5369; col C Ecclesiastical News
- ^ The Aberdeen Journal (Aberdeen, Scotland), Wednesday, March 24, 1802; Issue 2828
- ^ Fryde, E. B; Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ^ The Morning Chronicle (London, England), Wednesday, December 5, 1804; Issue 11091
- ^ “A history of the Diocese of Meath” Healy, J: Dublin, SPCK, 1908
- ^ Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), Saturday, March 29, 1823; Issue 3648
- ^ The Times, Saturday, Oct 24, 1840; pg. 3; Issue 17497; col C Death Of The Bishop Of Meath.-The Right Rev Nathaniel Alexander
Church of Ireland titles Preceded by
George de la Poer BeresfordBishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh
1802–1804Succeeded by
Christopher ButsonPreceded by
Charles Dalrymple LyndsayBishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora
1804 (May)–1804 (November)Succeeded by
Robert Ponsonby Tottenham LoftusPreceded by
William DicksonBishop of Down and Connor
1804–1823Succeeded by
Richard MantPreceded by
Thomas Lewis O'BeirneBishop of Meath
1823–1840Succeeded by
Charles DickensonBishops of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh Robert Dawson • William Bailey • Edward Wolley • William FitzGerald • Theophilus Bolton • Arthur Price • Edward Synge • Mordecai Cary • John Whitcomb • Arthur Smyth • Hon. William Carmichael • William Gore • John Oswald • Denison Cumberland • Walter Cope • John Law • Richard Marlay • Hon. Charles Brodrick • Hugh Hamilton • Matthew Young • George de la Poer Beresford • Nathaniel Alexander • Christopher Butson
Bishops of Killaloe and Kilfenora Nicholas Synge • Robert Fowler • George Chinnery • Thomas Barnard • Hon. William Knox • Hon. Charles Dalrymple Lyndsay • Nathaniel Alexander • Robert Ponsonby Tottenham Loftus • Richard Mant • Alexander Arbuthnot • Hon. Richard Ponsonby • Hon. Edmund Knox
Bishops of Down and Connor Robert Blyth • Eugene Magennis • James MacCawell • John Merriman • Hugh Allen • Edward Edgeworth • John Charden • Roben Humpston • John Todd • James Dundas • Robert Echlin • Henry Leslie • Jeremy Taylor • Roger Boyle • Thomas Hacket • Samuel Foley • Edward Walkington • Edward Smyth • Francis Hutchinson • Carew Reynell • John Ryder • John Whitcombe • Robert Downes • Arthur Smyth • James Traill • William Dickson • Nathaniel Alexander •
Richard MantAnglican Bishops of Meath Hugh Brady • Thomas Jones • Roger Dod • George Montgomery • James Ussher • Anthony Martin • Henry Leslie • Henry Jones • Anthony Dopping • William Moreton • John Evans • Henry Downes • Ralph Lambert • Welbore Ellis • Arthur Price • Henry Maule • William Carmichael • Richard Peacocke • Arthur Smyth • Henry Maxwell • Thomas Lewis O'Beirne • Nathaniel Alexander • Charles Dickenson • Edward Adderly Stopford • Thomas Stewart Townsend • James Henderson Singer • Samuel Butcher • William Connyngham Plunkett • Charles Parsons Reichel • Joseph Ferguson Peacocke • James Bennett Keene • Benjamin John Plunket • Thomas Gibson George Collins • John Orr • William Hardy Holmes • James McCann • Robert Bonsall Pike •
Categories:- 1760 births
- Old Harrovians
- Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
- 19th-century Anglican bishops
- Bishops of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh
- Bishops of Killaloe and Kilfenora
- Bishops of Down and Connor
- Anglican bishops of Meath
- 1840 deaths
- Members of the Privy Council of Ireland
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