Thomas Lindsay (or Lindesay, Lyndesay), D.D., B.D.,

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(1656–1724) was an

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clergyman who served in the

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as the Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin,

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and finally

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Biography

The son of a Scottish Minister, he was born in 1656 in

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, England. He became a Fellow of

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, graduating with a

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in 1678, a

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and

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in 1693. In 1686 he was appointed rector of

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(now

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). He came to Ireland as chaplain to

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, the

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. Soon afterwards he was appointed Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, by letters patent on 6 February 1694, and installed in the cathedral the next day. Two years later, he was nominated

on 12 February 1696 and

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, on 22 March 1696 by Archbishop

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of Dublin, assisted by Bishop

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, and Bishop Nathaniel Foy of Waterford and Lismore. He was

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to the bishopric of Raphoe on 6 June 1713, and a few months later he was promoted to the archbishopric of Armagh on 4 January 1714. He died in Dublin on 13 July 1724, and was buried in

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Family

Thomas was the son of the Rev. John Lindsay, Minister of

. His father was a descendant of the Lindsays of Kinnettles, who descend from the Lindsays of Evelick, who descend from the Lindsays of Lekoquhy, who descend from the third son of Sir

David Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Crawford David Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Crawford (died 24 January 1445) was a regent to James II of Scotland. He was a member of Clan Lindsay, a Scottish Lowland Scottish clan, clan. He was the son of Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Earl of Crawford by his wife Marjori ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindsay, Thomas 1656 births 1724 deaths Fellows of Wadham College, Oxford Anglican archbishops of Armagh Anglican bishops of Raphoe 18th-century Anglican archbishops Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Members of the Irish House of Lords Anglican bishops of Killaloe Deans of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin People from Blandford Forum British expatriate archbishops