Robert Laffan
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Robert Laffan was the son of Walter Laffan, Esquire, of Cashel in County Tipperary, Ireland, and a grandson of Richard de Courcy, Esquire, also of Cashel.[1]
He served as parish priest for MacArky in County Tipperary, before being selected to head the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly in 1823.[2]
Archbishop Laffan's successful career is largely attributed to the court influence of his brother Sir Joseph de Courcy Laffan, a baronet who served as personal physician to both the Duke of Kent (father of Queen Victoria) and the Duke of York (an elder son of King George III. He certainly enjoyed the endorsement of the Duke of Wellington.[3]
He died in 1833 and was succeeded as archbishop by Michael Slattery.
[edit] References
- ^ "Sir Joseph de Courcy Laffan's Views on Slavery," by Margaret Ritchie Harrison Cocke. William and Mary Quarterly, Series 2, Volume 19, Number 1, January 1939, pages 42-48.
- ^ An Ecclesiastical History of Ireland, by John Lanigan, 1822.
- ^ The Life, Times, and Correspondence of the Right Reverend Doctor Doyle, 1861. Volume 1, page 183.
