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.

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