Isaac Mann (December 1710 – 10 December 1788) was

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from 1772 to 1788. Mann was born in

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in 1710 and was brought to

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as a child, being supported by

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Robert Jocelyn, 1st Viscount Jocelyn Robert Jocelyn, 1st Viscount Jocelyn Privy Council of Ireland, PC (I) Serjeant-at-law (Ireland), SL (c. 1688 ? – 3 December 1756) was an Anglo-Irish politician and judge and member of the Peerage of Ireland, best known for serving as Lord Chan ...

. He served as Jocelyn's household

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for several years. It was a standing joke in Dublin that Mann was frequently mistaken for Jocelyn, since Mann had far more of the grand manner than Jocelyn, who was notably modest and unassuming. Mann was educated at

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, obtaining a

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in 1730. He was

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from 1757 until his elevation to the

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. Mann died in

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in 1788. He was buried in Ballinaspic, then his remains were transferred to

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in 1861. He had no children of his own but adopted his nieces Frances and Susannah Mann. Frances married Christopher Townshend, and Susannah married the Venerable Joseph Weld, Archdeacon of Ross.

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1710 births 1788 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Bishops of Cork and Ross (Church of Ireland) 18th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Archdeacons of Dublin {{Ireland-Anglican-bishop-stub