Edward Stopford (bishop) explained

Edward Stopford (died 1850) was an Anglican bishop^[1] in the Church of Ireland^[2] in the 19th century.^[3] A former Archdeacon of Armagh,^[4] he became Bishop of Meath in 1842 ^[5] and died in post on 17 September 1850.

His son Edward Adderly Stopford was also a Church of Ireland cleric, and served as Rector of Kells, and Archdeacon of Meath appointed by his father. Stopford's granddaughter was the writer, historian, and nominee to the Irish Free State Senate Alice Stopford Green (1847–1929).^[6] He was also the great-grandfather of the Anglican nun and botanist Mother Mary Clare, who died during a death march during the Korean War.^[7]

Notes and References

1. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectList.asp?subjectType=R&LR=628&_AbsolutePage=6 National Archives
2. ”Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland” Cotton, H: Dublin, Hodges,1848
3. "A New History of Ireland", Moody, T. M.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J.; Cosgrove, F.: Oxford Oxford University Press, 1976,
4. [The Times]
5. “History of the Diocese of Meath”, Healy, J., Dublin, Association for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1908
6. http://www.iol.ie/~rjtechne/century130703/1900s/asgmcd.htm Alice Stopford Green
7. Book: Newslink – The Magazine of the Church of Ireland United Dioceses of Limerick, Killaloe & Ardfert. United Dioceses of Limerick, Killaloe & Ardfert. 32–33. October 2014. 3 June 2017. en.