Henry Maxwell, D.D. (1723–1798) was an
Anglican clergyman
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who served in the
Church of Ireland
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as the
Dean of Kilmore
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, then
Bishop of Dromore
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, and finally
Bishop of Meath
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History
Until the ...
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Early life and family
He was the youngest son of
John Maxwell, 1st Baron Farnham
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He was the son of the Reverend Robert Maxwell and Anne Stewart, daughter of Colonel George Stewart. His paternal grandfather was Robert ...
and Judith Barry.
[, ''The Province of Ulster'', p. 174.] In 1759, he married Margaret Foster, daughter of the Rt. Hon.
Anthony Foster
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Early life
He was the eldest son of John Foster, MP for Dunleer, and his wife Elizabeth Fortescue, youngest daughter of William ...
, and sister of
John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel
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Early lif ...
.
[ Their two sons, ]John
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and Henry
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, succeeded as the 5th and 6th Baron Farnham
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Ecclesiastical career
He was ordained
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a priest
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in the Anglican ministry
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on 14 February 1748,[ and three years later instituted the ]Dean of Kilmore
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on 28 December 1751.[ He was nominated ]Bishop of Dromore
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by King George III
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on 8 February 1765 and appointed by letters patent
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on 5 March 1765.[, ''The Province of Ulster'', p. 284.][, ''Handbook of British Chronology'', p. 390.] His consecration
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took place at St Michael's Church, Dublin
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on 10 March 1765, the principal consecrator
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was Archbishop Richard Robinson of Armagh, and the co-consecrators were Bishop Arthur Smyth of Meath and Bishop Jeremy Taylor
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of Down and Connor.[ The following year, he was ]translated
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by letters patent to the bishopric of Meath on 15 April 1766.[, ''The Province of Ulster'', p. 123.][, ''Handbook of British Chronology'', p. 402.] He built the episcopal palace at Ardbraccan, and contributed liberally to the erection of the parish church. Having governed the see of Meath for thirty-two years, he died on 7 October 1798, aged 75, and was buried at Ardbraccan.[
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1723 births
1798 deaths
Anglican bishops of Dromore
Anglican bishops of Meath
Deans of Kilmore
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