Charles Knox (priest)

Charles Knox (10 January 1770 – 30 January 1825)[1] was Archdeacon of Armagh from 1814 until his death.[2]

The 6th son of the 1st Viscount Northland,[3] he was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College there.[4] He was Member of Parliament for Dungannon from 1798 to 1799.[5] He was ordained in 1799 and held livings at Dunkerron, Drumachose and Urney.[6] He was a Prebendary of Derry from 1807[7] and St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin from 1817.[8] He was the father of Primate Knox[9] and brother of Bishops William and Edmund Knox.[10]

Notes
  1. "MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800" Johnston-Liik, E.M. p100: Belfast; Ulster Historical Foundation; 2006 ISBN 9781903688601
  2. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p236 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  3. James B Leslie. "Armagh clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Armagh, from the earilest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, &c (page 9 of 62)". ebooksread.com. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  4. "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860 George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p474: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  5. Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885
  6. "The Monthly Review, Volume 125, Griffiths, G.E;Griffiths,R (Eds) p479: London, G.Henderson,1831
  7. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p344 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  8. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. pp173/4 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  9.  "Robert Knox". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  10. Handbook of British Chronology by Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I.: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
George Knox		 Member of Parliament for Dungannon
1798–1799
With: James Verner		 Succeeded by
Succeeded by the Westminster constituency
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by
William Sturrock		 Bishop of Derry
1814–1825		 Succeeded by
Edward Stopford (bishop)


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