Alexander Arbuthnot (bishop)

Alexander Arbuthnot^[1] (1768–1828) was Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora in the then-established Church of Ireland.

He was born in Rockfleet Castle, County Mayo, Ireland, on 7 May 1768, the son of John Arbuthnot of Rockfleet. Among his siblings were the Right Honourable Charles Arbuthnot and General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot. Alexander married twice: first, on 31 March 1798, Susanna Bingham, daughter of Mr Bingham of Antigua, West Indies; and secondly (in a service performed by the Archbishop of Tuam at St. Peter's Church, Aungier Street, Dublin), on 5 May 1819, Margaret Phoebe Bingham, daughter of General George Bingham (Alexander's first wife's uncle). Among his children were Major-General (hon.) George Bingham Arbuthnot (who had issue including Major-General George Alexander Arbuthnot), Sir Alexander John Arbuthnot and General Sir Charles George Arbuthnot.

Arbuthnot was ordained a priest at Limerick on 2 November 1794, made vicar of Annaghdown and Killascobe in 1801 and rector of Crossboyne and Kilcoleman in 1808. He served as Archdeacon of Aghadoe 1809-16 and Dean of Cloyne 1816-1823. He was Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora 1823-1828.

He died Killaloe in County Clare on 9 January 1828 and is buried in the church-yard of his cathedral there.

References

1. ^ His middle name may have been John

• Arbuthnot, Mrs P S-M (1920). Memories of the Arbuthnots. George Allen & Unwin. 
• Sir James Balfour Paul, ed (1908). The Scots Peerage. founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's 'Peerage of Scotland'. 

External links

• Arbuthnot family tree
• A contemporary obituary, from The Gentleman's Magazine