Charles Caulfield, D.D (1804–1862) was an

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in the 19th century. Caulfield was born in

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, son of the Reverend Hans Caulfield and Anne Rothe. He was admitted, aged 17, to

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in 1821. He was

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. He was consecrated

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on 1 December 1861. He died of

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on 4 September 1862.'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries'

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(Belfast, Ireland), Wednesday, October 15, 1862; Issue 15409 He married Grace St George, daughter of

Sir Richard St George, 2nd Baronet Sir Richard Bligh St George, 2nd Baronet (1765 – 1851) was an Anglo-Irish politician. He was the eldest son of Sir Richard St George, 1st Baronet and Sarah Persse, daughter of Robert Persse of Roxborough House, County Galway, and in 1789 he inhe ...

, another County Kilkenny man, and his second wife Bridget Blakeney, daughter of

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, and had several children. Grace died in 1896.

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Year of birth unknown 1862 deaths 19th-century Anglican bishops in the Caribbean Anglican bishops of Nassau 1804 births Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Archdeacons of the Bahamas People from Kilkenny (city) Deaths from yellow fever Irish expatriate Protestant bishops {{bahamas-bio-stub