Charles Lindsay (bishop)

Charles Dalrymple Lindsay (also spelled 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]

Linsday was the son of James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres and Anne Dalrymple. He was educated at the University of Glasgow, and in 1779 received a Snell Exhibition[4] to Balliol College, Oxford, graduating B.A. 1783, M.A. 1786,[5] and D.D. at Glasgow in 1804.[4]

He held the following positions in the church:[5][6]

Family

Linsday married firstly Elizabeth Fydell, daughter of Thomas Fydell MP, on 1 January 1790. They had three children:[7]

Linsday married secondly Catherine Eliza Coussmaker, daughter of Evert George Coussmaker and Mary Heyward, on 2 June 1798. They had one child:[7]

  • George Hayward Lindsay (1799–1886)

Notes
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  2. "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
  3. "Handbook of British Chronology" By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 9780521563505
  4. "Charles Dalrymple Lindsay". The University of Glasgow Story. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  5. Foster, Joseph. Alumni Oxonienses: Linsday, Charles Dalrymple. p. 853 – via Wikisource. [scan ]
  6. "Lindsay, Charles (35238)". The Clergy Database. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  7. "Rt. Rev. Hon. Charles Dalrymple Lindsay". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by
William Knox		 Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora
1803–1804		 Succeeded by
Nathaniel Alexander
Preceded by
George Lewis Jones		 Bishop of Kildare
1804–1846		 Succeeded by
Diocese united with Meath


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