Mervyn Archdall (d
Mervyn Archdall may refer to: *Mervyn Archdall (Irish antiquary) (1723–1791) *Mervyn Archdall (senior) (c. 1724–1813), colonel and MP for Fermanagh *Mervyn Archdall (junior) (1763–1839), general and MP for Fermanagh *Mervyn Edward Archdale (1812–1895), High Sheriff (1879) and MP for Fermanagh *Mervyn Archdall (bishop) Mervyn Archdall (16 February 1833 – 18 May 1913) was the 7th Bishop of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was Vicar of Templebready from 1863 to 1872 and then of Rector of St Lukes's C ...

Mervyn Archdall (Irish Antiquary)
Mervyn Archdall (1723 – 1791) was an Irish antiquary and clergyman of the Church of Ireland. Life He was descended from John Archdale, of Abbotts Hall, Darsham, in Suffolk, who settled at Castle Archdale, County Fermanagh as an Undertaker in the Plantation of Ulster.'Memoirs of the Archdales', H B Archdale, 1925, page 7 He was born in Dublin on 22 April 1723. After graduating from Trinity College, Dublin, his antiquarian tastes introduced him to the acquaintance of Walter Harris, Charles Smith the topographer, Thomas Prior, and Richard Pococke, archdeacon of Dublin. When Pococke became bishop of Ossory, he appointed Archdall his domestic chaplain, bestowed on him the living of Attanagh (partly in Queen's County and partly in co. Kilkenny), and the prebend of Cloneamery in the cathedral church of Ossory (1762), which he afterwards exchanged (1764) for the prebend of Mayne in the same cathedral. Archdall was also chaplain to Francis Pierpoint, Lord Conyngham, and a membe ...
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Mervyn Archdall (senior)
Mervyn Archdall ( – 18 June 1813) of Castle Archdale, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh and Trilleck, County Tyrone was a British High Sheriff and Member of Parliament. He was born the only son of Nicholas Archdall (formerly Montgomery) of Derrygonnelly, County Fermanagh and his first wife Angel, the daughter and heiress of William Archdall of Castle Archdall. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin and studied law at Lincoln's Inn in London. He succeeded his mother in 1745 and his father in 1763. He was Governor of Fermanagh in 1756 and served as a member of the Parliament of Ireland for County Fermanagh from 1761 to 1800. He was High Sheriff of Fermanagh for 1773 to 1774. After the Acts of Union he was a co-opted MP in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Fermanagh from 1801 to 1802, after which he handed the seat to his son and heir, Mervyn Archdall (junior). He married in 1762 the Hon. Mary Dawson, daughter of William Henry, 1st Viscount Carlow, and ...
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Mervyn Archdall (junior)
General Mervyn Archdall (27 April 1763 – 26 July 1839) was an Irish officer in the British Army and Member of Parliament for County Fermanagh in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. He was the eldest son of Mervyn Archdall (1724?–1813) of Castle Archdall, Enniskillen, Fermanagh, an MP in the Parliament of Ireland for nearly 40 years. He succeeded his father in 1813, inheriting Castle Archdale house. Archdall joined the British Army as an ensign in the 12th Dragoons and rose through the ranks in that regiment to that of full general on 27 May 1825. He had command of the regiment under Sir Ralph Abercromby during the Egyptian campaign, losing his right arm in an impromptu cavalry charge at Lake Mareotis in 1801. As a major-general he afterwards spent time on the staff in Ireland. In 1833, he and wife Jane were passengers in a carriage accident cause by flooding near Castle Saunderson in Cavan. He was MP for County Fermanagh in the Parliament of the UK from 1802 to 1834 ...
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Mervyn Edward Archdale
Mervyn Edward Archdale (27 January 1812 – 22 December 1895) (known as Mervyn Edward Archdall until 1875), was an Irish soldier, High Sheriff and MP. He was born the eldest son of Edward Archdall of Riversdale, County Fermanagh, who had been Sheriff of Fermanagh in 1813. He was educated at private schools in England and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1830 but did not graduate. He joined the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, becoming a cornet in 1832, a lieutenant in 1835 and a captain in 1841. He retired on half pay in 1847. In 1834 was elected the Member of Parliament for Fermanagh following the retirement of his uncle Mervyn Archdall. He was returned unopposed in the following nine elections, sitting until 1874. He was appointed High Sheriff of Fermanagh for 1879. In 1857 he inherited the family seat of Castle Archdale and Trillick in County Tyrone from his uncle William Archdall. He was a noted member of the Orange Order and became treasurer of the grand ...
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