Thomas Carson
For the Northern Irish politician, see Thomas Carson (politician).
The Rt Rev Thomas Carson, LLD[1] (27 August 1805 – 7 July 1874) was a 19th-century Irish Anglican Bishop.[2]
He held incumbencies at Urney, Cavan[3] and then Cloon. Next he was Archdeacon of Ardagh,[4] and after that Vicar general and then Dean of Kilmore[5] in 1860 before elevation in 1870 to the Episcopate as the 5th Bishop of the United Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh. He married Eleanor Anne Burton in about 1833, and their son Rev. Thomas William Carson (20 Dec 1834 -1895) was a noted early collector of bookplates.
Notes
- ↑ TCD,1832
- ↑ A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland (1912)
- ↑ 1852 Belfast / Ulster Street Directory
- ↑ Assists at ordination
- ↑ Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae
| Religious titles | ||
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| Preceded by Charles Leslie |
Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh 1870 –1874 |
Succeeded by John Richard Darley |