Edward Young (bishop) explained

Edward Young was an English Anglican priest in the eighteenth century:^[1] his senior posts were in Ireland.^[2]

Young was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[3] He was Chaplain to George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland^[4] who appointed him to the Deanery of Clogher in 1761.^[5] In 1763 he became Bishop of Dromore.^[6] in 1765 he was translated to Ferns.^[7]

He died in post at Ferns on 24 August 1772.

Notes and References

1. Book: Fryde, E. B. . Greenway, D. E. . Porter, S. . Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology . 3rd . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1986 . 0-521-56350-X . 348–350.
2. “A New History of Ireland Vol XI: Maps, Genealogies, Lists” by Theodore William Moody, F. X. Martin, Francis John Byrne, Art Cosgrove: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976
3. [John Venn]
4. Clogher clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Clogher, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, etc" Leslie, J.B p35: Fermanagh, R.H. Ritchie 1929
5. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. pp284 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
6. Atkinson, W. E. 'Dromore - An Ulster Diocese', P 69
7. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. pp. 341/2 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878