- Robert Laffan
Robert Laffan was the son of Walter Laffan, Esquire, of
Cashel inCounty Tipperary ,Ireland , and a grandson of Richard de Courcy, Esquire, also of Cashel. ["Sir Joseph de Courcy Laffan's Views on Slavery," by Margaret Ritchie Harrison Cocke. "William and Mary Quarterly", Series 2, Volume 19, Number 1, January 1939, pages 42-48.]He served as parish priest for
MacArky in County Tipperary, before being selected to head theRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly in 1823. ["An Ecclesiastical History of Ireland", by John Lanigan, 1822.]Archbishop Laffan's successful career is largely attributed to the court influence of his brother
Sir Joseph de Courcy Laffan , abaronet who served as personal physician to both theDuke of Kent (father ofQueen Victoria ) and theDuke of York (an elder son ofKing George III ). He certainly enjoyed the endorsement of the Duke of Wellington. ["The Life, Times, and Correspondence of the Right Reverend Doctor Doyle", 1861. Volume 1, page 183.]He died in 1833 and was succeeded as
archbishop byMichael Slattery .References
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