Hamilton Verschoyle (3 April 1803 – 29 January 1870) was a 19th-century Irish

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who served as

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from 1862 to his death. The Verschoyles were of Dutch Huguenot origin who fled to Ireland in 1568 to escape religious persecution and quickly became prominent in Dublin. Hamilton Verschoyle was the third son of John Verschoyle of Cashelshanaghan,

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, and Henrietta Preston. He was educated at

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and

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and

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in 1829. His first post was that of

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after which he was the

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at the Episcopal Chapel, Upper Baggot Street in

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. Promoted to be the

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of Dublin Cathedral in 1855, he also served on its

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Education Board and was briefly Dean of Ferns before his appointment to the

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as the third

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. He was dubbed a "judicious, but by no means a brilliant preacher" in 1867. His grave is at the Parish Church in Paignton, Devon, England where he is noted as dying in Torquay, on 28 Jan 1870, as the 42nd Bishop of Kilmore. He married Catherine Margaret Hawkins, daughter and co-heiress of Rev. Thomas Hawkins of Ballybodonnell. Their son, Rev. Hamilton Stuart Verschoyle, received the Cross of the Crown of Italy in 1888 for public services. He married Frances Frederica Goold, the daughter and eventual co-heiress of the

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Frederick Goold,

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and brother of

Wyndham Goold Wyndham Goold (1812-1854) was a Member of Parliament (MP) for County Limerick from 1850 to 1854. Goold was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Dublin."Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and prov ...

, MP for

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, (1850–54). The Ven. Archdeacon Goold had been disinherited by his father, Master of the Court of Chancery

Thomas Goold Thomas Goold (c.1766–1846), also spelt Gould, was a master of the Court of Chancery (Ireland). He served briefly in the Irish House of Commons and held office as Serjeant-at-law. Goold was born of a wealthy Protestant family in Cork, the second ...

, for marrying Catherine Newcomen (whose illegitimate sister was Theresa, Countess of Eglinton and Winton), but inherited the family estate following the death of his brother. Hamilton Stuart's son, Hamilton Frederick Stuart Verschoyle, assumed the arms and name of his grandfather, changing the name to Goold-Verschoyle in 1900.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Verschoyle, Hamilton 1803 births 1870 deaths 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Bishops of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh Deans of Ferns People educated at Oswestry School Irish people of Dutch descent