Edward Edgeworth
Edward Edgeworth, D.D. (died 1595) was an Anglican bishop in the last decade of the sixteenth century.[1]
An Englishman, he was Vicar of East Kirkby before coming over to Ireland. He was appointed a Prebendary of St Michan in St Patrick's Cathedral in 1586;[2] and later that year of Tipperkevin in Christ Church Cathedral in the same city.[3] 1n 1590 he became Vicar of Carrickfergus and in 1593, Bishop of Down and Connor. He died two years later.
He amassed a considerable fortune, which he left to his brother Francis, who was appointed Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper in Ireland in about 1606. Francis founded a gifted Irish dynasty whose most notable members were Richard Lovell Edgeworth and his daughter, the novelist Maria Edgeworth. The family gave its name to Edgeworthstown, County Longford.
References
- ^ Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 0713642556
- ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton,H. p71 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
- ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton,H. p181 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
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