Thomas Carson (bishop) explained

The Rt Rev Thomas Carson, LLD^[1] (27 August 1805 – 7 July 1874) was a 19th-century Irish Anglican Bishop.

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Carson was born in County Monaghan and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.^[3] He held incumbencies at Urney, Cavan^[4] and then Cloon. Next he was Archdeacon of Ardagh,^[5] and after that Vicar general and then Dean of Kilmore^[6] in 1860 before elevation in 1870 to the episcopate as the 5th bishop of the United Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh. He married Eleanor Anne Burton in about 1833, and their son Rev. Thomas William Carson (20 Dec 1834 -1895) was a noted early collector of bookplates.

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1. http://www.theclergydatabase.org.uk/cce/apps/persons/DisplayPerson.jsp?PersonID=9807 TCD,1832
2. https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalhera00burkuoft/genealogicalhera00burkuoft_djvu.txt A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland (1912)
3. Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860), George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p. 138: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
4. http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/1852PD2.htm 1852 Belfast / Ulster Street Directory
5. http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/1853/AUG.html Assists at ordination
6. https://archive.org/stream/fastiecclesiae06cottuoft/fastiecclesiae06cottuoft_djvu.txt Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae