Charles Dalrymple Lindsay (also spelt Lyndsay; 15 December 1760 – 8 August 1846), was Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora from 1803 to 1804 when he was

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Life

Lindsay was the son of James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres and Anne Dalrymple. He was educated at Wisbech Grammar School and then the

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, and in 1779 received a

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, graduating B.A. 1783, M.A. 1786, and

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at Glasgow in 1804. He was chairman of the

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company. He held the following positions in the church: * Vicar of St Peter and St Paul,

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, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire 1787–1795 * Vicar of Sutterton, Lincolnshire 1793–1803 * Rector of

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, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire 1795–1803 * Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora 1803–1804 * Bishop of Kildare 1804–1846 * Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin 1804–1846

Family

Linsday married firstly Elizabeth Fydell, daughter of Thomas Fydell , on 1 January 1790. They had three children: * Charles Lindsay (1790–1855),

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* Elizabeth Frances Lindsay (1791–1812), married Sir Compton Domvile * Philip Yorke Lindsay (1795–1832) Linsday married secondly Catherine Eliza Coussmaker, daughter of Evert George Coussmaker and Mary Heyward, on 2 June 1798. They had one child: * George Hayward Lindsay (1799–1886)

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1760 births 1846 deaths Alumni of the University of Glasgow Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Deans of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin 19th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Anglican bishops of Kildare Bishops of Killaloe and Kilfenora Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Younger sons of earls

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