Type: | archbishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Francis Marsh | |
Honorific-Suffix: | D.D. |
Archbishop of Dublin Primate of Ireland | |
Church: | Church of Ireland |
Province: | Dublin |
Diocese: | Dublin and Glendalough |
Appointed: | 14 February 1682 |
Term: | 1682–1693 |
Predecessor: | John Parker |
Successor: | Narcissus Marsh |
Ordination: | 27 January 1661 |
Ordained By: | Jeremy Taylor |
Consecration: | 22 December 1667 |
Consecrated By: | Thomas Price |
Birth Date: | 23 October 1626 |
Birth Place: | Gloucestershire, England |
Spouse: | Mary Taylor |
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Francis Marsh (23 October 1626 – 16 November 1693) was Archbishop of Dublin from 1682 to 1693.[1]
He was admitted to Emmanuel College, Cambridge in April 1642 as the son of Henry Marsh esq. of Edgeworth, Gloucestershire.[2] He had previously been Dean of Connor (1660–1661), Dean of Armagh (1661–1667), Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe and Kilmore and Ardagh. He married Mary, the daughter of Bishop Jeremy Taylor.[3] Their son Jeremiah Marsh was the Dean of Kilmore.[4] From his father-in-law, Jeremy Taylor, he inherited a silver watch, said to have been a gift from Charles I. This watch remained in the family of his great-grandson, Francis Marsh, barrister-at-law.[5]