Charles Lindsay (bishop) explained

Charles Dalrymple Lindsay (also spelt Lyndsay; 15 December 1760  - 8 August 1846), was Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora from 1803 to 1804^[1] when he was translated to Kildare.^[2]

Life

Lindsay was the son of James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres and Anne Dalrymple. He was educated at Wisbech Grammar School^[3] and then the University of Glasgow, and in 1779 received a Snell Exhibition^[4] to Balliol College, Oxford, graduating B.A. 1783, M.A. 1786, and D.D. at Glasgow in 1804.^[4] He was chairman of the Wisbech Canal company.

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

• Vicar of St Peter and St Paul, Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire 1787–1795
• Vicar of Sutterton, Lincolnshire 1793–1803
• Rector of Tydd St Giles, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire 1795–1803
• Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora 1803–1804
• Bishop of Kildare 1804–1846
• Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin 1804–1846

Family

Linsday married firstly Elizabeth Fydell, daughter of Thomas Fydell, on 1 January 1790. They had three children:^[6]

• Charles Lindsay (1790–1855), Archdeacon of Kildare
  • Elizabeth Frances Lindsay (1791–1812), married Sir Compton Domvile Philip Yorke Lindsay (1795–1832)

Linsday married secondly Catherine Eliza Coussmaker, daughter of Evert George Coussmaker and Mary Heyward, on 2 June 1798. They had one child:^[6]

• George Hayward Lindsay (1799–1886)

Notes and References

1. "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
2. "Handbook of British Chronology" By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996, 9780521563505
3. Book: Nicholas, Carlisle . A Concise Description of the Endowed Grammar Schools in England and Wales, Volume 1 . Wisbech . 103 . London . Baldwin, Cradock and Joy . 1818 . https://books.google.com/books?id=lLQAAAAAYAAJ&q=sir+Charles+Wale+wisbech&pg=PA103 . 6 November 2010.
4. Web site: The University of Glasgow Story. Charles Dalrymple Lindsay. 19 November 2020.
5. Web site: The Clergy Database. Lindsay, Charles (35238). 19 November 2020.
6. Web site: thepeerage.com. Rt. Rev. Hon. Charles Dalrymple Lindsay. 19 November 2020.