Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton

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Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton (22 December 1736-14 July 1809), was an Anglo-Irish Protestant clergyman. He served as Archbishop of Dublin from 1801 to 1809.

Agar was the third son of Henry Agar of Gowran in County Kilkenny and his wife Anne Ellis, daughter of the Most Reverend Welbore Ellis, Bishop of Meath. James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden was his elder brother and Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip his maternal uncle. Agar served as Dean of Kilmore and Bishop of Cloyne. In 1779 he was admitted to the Irish Privy Council and appointed Archbishop of Cashel, and office he held until 1801, and was then Archbishop of Dublin from 1801 to 1809.

In 1794 Agar was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Somerton. In 1801 he was created Viscount Somerton and in 1806 he was even further honoured when he was made Earl of Normanton. These titles were also in the Peerage of Ireland. From 1800 to 1809 he sat in the House of Lords as one of the 28 original Irish Representative Peers.

Lord Normanton died in July 1809, aged 72, and was succeeded in his titles by his son Welbore Ellis Agar.

Political offices
Preceded by new office	representative peer for Ireland 1800–1809	Succeeded by The Earl of Rosse
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by New Creation	Baron Somerton 1794–1809	Succeeded by Welbore Ellis Agar
	Viscount Somerton 1801–1809
	Earl of Normanton 1806–1809