Francis Marsh

Francis Marsh (23 October 1626 – 16 November 1693) was Archbishop of Dublin from 1682 to 1693.[1]

The Most Reverend

Francis Marsh

D.D.
Archbishop of Dublin
Primate of Ireland
ChurchChurch of Ireland
ProvinceDublin
DioceseDublin and Glendalough
Appointed14 February 1682
In office1682-1693
PredecessorJohn Parker
SuccessorNarcissus Marsh
Orders
Ordination27 January 1661
by Jeremy Taylor
Consecration22 December 1667
by Thomas Price
Personal details
Born23 October 1626
Gloucestershire, England
Died16 November 1693(1693-11-16) (aged 67)
NationalityEnglish
DenominationAnglican
SpouseMary Taylor
Previous postBishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe (1667-1673)
Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh (1673-1682)

He had previously been Dean of Connor (1660–1661), Dean of Armagh (1661–1667), Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe and Kilmore and Ardagh. He married Mary, the daughter of Bishop Jeremy Taylor.[2] Their son, Dr. Jeremy Marsh (1667 – 3 June 1734) was the Dean of Kilmore.

From his father-in-law, Jeremy Taylor, he inherited a silver watch, said to have been a gift from Charles I. This watch remained in the family of his great-grandson, Francis Marsh, barrister-at-law.[3]

References

  1. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 350–351. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  2. Belfast Cathedral web site
  3. Burke's Peerage, 1857, p.664: Sir Henry Marsh, Baronet
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by
Robert Price
Dean of Connor
1660–1661
Succeeded by
George Rust
Preceded by
James Frey
Dean of Armagh
1661–1667
Succeeded by
James Downhame
Preceded by
William Fuller
Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe
1667–1673
Succeeded by
John Vesey
Preceded by
Robert Maxwell
Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh
1673–1782
Succeeded by
William Sheridan
Preceded by
John Parker
Archbishop of Dublin
May 1682–December 1693
Succeeded by
Narcissus Marsh



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