William Carmichael (bishop) explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific Prefix:The Most Reverend
William Carmichael
Honorific Suffix:LL.D.
Church:Church of Ireland
Diocese:Dublin and Glendalough
Appointed:12 June 1765
Term:1765
Retired:-->
Predecessor:Charles Cobbe
Successor:Arthur Smyth
Consecration:1 April 1753
Consecrated By:Charles Cobbe
Birth Date:1702
Death Date:15 December 1765
Death Place:Bath, Somerset, England
Nationality:Scottish
Parents:James Carmichael
Previous Post:Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh (1753-1758)
Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin (1758)
Bishop of Meath (1758-1765)

William Carmichael (1702–1765) was Archbishop of Dublin for a brief period in 1765.[1]

He was the son of the second Earl of Hyndford.[2]

He had previously been Archdeacon of Buckingham (1742–1753), Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh (1753–1758), Ferns and Leighlin (1758) and Meath (1758–1765).

He died on 15 December 1765.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 350–351. .
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120615113816/http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/index1611.htm Genealogical Web site
  3. http://thepeerage.com/p20460.htm thePeerage.com