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Robert Echlin (other)
Robert Echlin may refer to: * Robert Echlin (bishop), Church of Ireland bishop * Robert Echlin (British Army officer) Lieutenant-General Robert Echlin (c. 1657 – c. 1723) was an Irish officer of the British Army, who for many years commanded the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons He also sat in the Irish House of Commons and the House of Commons of Great Brita ..., Member of Parliament, grandson of the preceding * Robert Echlin (1674–1706), Member of Parliament, nephew of the preceding * Sir Robert Echlin, 2nd Baronet (1699–1757), son of the preceding {{hndis, Echlin, Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Echlin (bishop)
Robert Echlin (1576 – 17 July 1635) was a Scots-born clergyman who was the Church of Ireland Bishop of Down and Connor from 1612 to 1635.Echlin, John R. Genealogical memoirs of the Echlin family. Edinburgh: Scott & Ferguson, 1882. He obtained his Presbytery Degree from the University of St Andrews in Scotland and was made Minister for Inverkeithing. Life He was the youngest son of Henry Echlin (1546- ?), laird of Pittrado, and his wife Grizel Colville of Kinross (1541–1607), and was born at Pittrado, Fife in 1576. King James VI is said to have made Robert a bishop out of regard for the memory of his late father, whom he had known and respected. As Bishop of Down and Connor Robert is remembered mainly for his fierce clash with the recently arrived Presbyterian clergy, who were all Scots like himself. Having at first welcomed them warmly into his diocese, and allowed them considerable latitude as regards their liturgical practices, he later became their bitter enemy, and suspen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Echlin (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant-General Robert Echlin (c. 1657 – c. 1723) was an Irish officer of the British Army, who for many years commanded the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons He also sat in the Irish House of Commons and the House of Commons of Great Britain. In later life, embittered by his chronic state of poverty, lack of professional advancement and failing military career, he espoused the Jacobite cause, and died in exile in France. He was the first owner of the famous Echlin Sword. Family He was born at Ardquin, County Down, youngest son of Robert Echlin, and great-grandson of Robert Echlin, Bishop of Down and Connor from 1612 to 1635. The Echlin family came to Ireland from Fife in the early seventeenth century. His mother was Mary Leslie, daughter of Henry Leslie, Bishop of Meath and his wife Jane Swinton; the Leslies also came to Ireland from Fife. His father died shortly after Robert's birth, and seems to have left his family badly provided for, although his mother's second mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Echlin (1674–1706)
Robert Echlin (1674 – 20 November 1706) was an Irish Member of Parliament. He was the eldest son of Sir Henry Echlin, 1st Baronet, and his wife Agnes Mussen, daughter of the Reverend William Mussen. His father, who outlived him, had been second Baron of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland), and was created a baronet in 1721. Although the family had influential connections, the premature death of Robert's grandfather seems to have left them in some poverty: Robert's father rebuilt the family fortunes and became a substantial landowner, with his principal seat at Clonagh Castle. Robert married Penelope Eustace, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Maurice Eustace, of the prominent landowning family of Harristown, County Kildare, and his first wife Anne Colville, daughter of Sir Robert Colville and his first wife Penelope Rawdon, by whom he was the father of Sir Robert Echlin, 2nd Baronet. After his death Penelope remarried Edward Stratford, who was the father through his first wife of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |