Sir Thomas Vesey, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Vesey, 1st Baronet (1668?–1730), was an Irish clergyman.^[1] He was Bishop of Ossory from 1714 to 1730.^[2]

He was born at Cork, Ireland when his father, John Vesey, was dean of the church there, was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, and became a fellow of Oriel College. He married Mary, only surviving daughter and heiress of Denny Muschamp, esq., of Horsley, Surrey, and, through her coming into a considerable estate, was on 13 July (patent 28 Sept.) 1698 created a baronet.

Taking holy orders, he was ordained as a priest on 24 June 1700, and, becoming chaplain to the James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde and Archdeacon of Tuam, was by his influence advanced to the bishopric of Killaloe on 12 June 1713, and the following year translated to that of Ossory.^[3]

He died on 6 Aug. 1730,^[4] and was buried in St. Anne's Church, Dublin. His only son and heir, John Vesey, 1st Baron Knapton, was created Baron Knapton in 1750 and was the ancestor to the Viscounts de Vesci and William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey. Elizabeth Vesey was his daughter.

References

↑ “A New History of Ireland” by Theodore William Moody, F. X. Martin, Francis John Byrne, Art Cosgrove: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 407. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
↑ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volumes 1,2 & 4" Cotton,H. Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
↑ Toby Barnard, ‘Vesey, Sir Thomas, first baronet (1672/3–1730)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Aug 2015

Archdeacons of Tuam

Florence Kelly John Woolhouse Dudley Persse Thomas Vesey Edward Chichester Theodore Maurice Nicholas Synge Gabriel Maturin John Crampton Edmund Burton Thomas Dawson Charles Warburton John Cather Andrew Tait James Treanor William O'Connell George Nixon John Nash Rowland Blennerhassett Rupert Harris William Grant Anthony Previté Gary Hastings

Bishops of Ossory

Bishop of Killaloe

Cornelius O'Dea Turlough O'Brien Murtogh O'Brien-Arra John Rider Lewis Jones Edward Parry Edward Worth Daniel Witter John Roan Henry Rider Thomas Lindsay Thomas Vesey Nicholas Foster Charles Carr Joseph Story John Ryder Jemmett Browne Richard Chenevix Nicholas Synge

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