Robert Maxwell (bishop)
Robert Maxwell DD was a 17th-century Anglican bishop in Ireland.[1]
The eldest son of Robert Maxwell, Dean of Armagh, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[2] A prebendary of Armagh[3] he was appointed Archdeacon of Down in 1628;[4] and Bishop of Kilmore in 1643. He became Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh when the two sees were united again in 1661.[5] He died on 16 November 1672.
References
- ^ “A New History of Ireland” T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
- ^ "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593-1860)Burtchaell,G.D/Sadlier,T.U p567: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
- ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton,H. p54 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
- ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton,H. p231Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
- ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 360–361 ISBN 0-521-56350-X
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