Charles Este, (1696–1745), was

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(1735–1740) and subsequently of Waterford and Lismore (1740–1745). Born at

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, the son of Michael Este, and educated at

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and Christ Church, Oxford, he distinguished the latter as joint editor of ''Carmina quadragesimalia ab aedis Christi alumnis composita…, 1723'' (and subsequent editions), to which he himself contributed. Receiving the patronage of Archbishop Boulter of

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whom he served as chaplain from 1724, he moved to Ireland and was collated to the rectory of Derrynoose on 9 Jan 1926. He married Susanna Clements in May 1725 and was subsequently raised to the archdeaconry of Armagh in 1730 and to the chancellorshop of Armagh in 1733. He was nominated in January 1736 to become

and was consecrated in February 1737. Subsequently he moved to become

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on 18 July 1744. He restored the (former) bishop's palace at Kilkenny which had become derelict by 1661, installing notably a double staircase and was largely responsible, commissioning the architect

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, for the design (Italianate windows) of the former bishop's palace at

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. He died on 2 December 1745.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Este, Charles 1745 deaths 1696 births People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Anglican bishops of Ossory Bishops of Waterford and Lismore (Church of Ireland) Archdeacons of Armagh