William Carmichael (bishop)

William Carmichael (1702–1765) was Archbishop of Dublin for a brief period in 1765.^[1]

He was the son of the second Earl of Hyndford.^[2]

He had previously been Archdeacon of Buckingham (1742–1753), Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh (1753–1758), Ferns and Leighlin (1758) and Meath (1758–1765).

He died on 15 December 1765.^[3]

References

^ 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.
^ Genealogical Web site
^ thePeerage.com

Church of England titles
Preceded by Nicholas Clagett	Archdeacon of Buckingham 1742–1753	Succeeded by John Taylor
Preceded by Arthur Smyth	Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh 1753–1758	Succeeded by William Gore
Preceded by John Garnet	Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin April 1758–June 1758	Succeeded by Thomas Salmon
Preceded by Henry Maule	Bishop of Meath 1758–1765	Succeeded by Richard Pococke
Preceded by Charles Cobbe	Archbishop of Dublin May 1765–December 1765	Succeeded by Arthur Smyth

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