Charles Seaver (17 October 1820 – 29 January 1907) was an Irish

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in the second half of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th. Seaver was born in

Armagh Armagh ( ; ga, Ard Mhacha, , "Macha's height") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland – the seat of the Archbishops of Armagh, the Pri ...

and educated at

Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

. Murray began his ecclesiastical career with

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in Newry,

Mullaghbrack Mullaghbrack, Mullabrack or Mullaghbrac () is a small village, townland and civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is on the road between Markethill and Hamiltonsbawn, just north of Gosford Forest Park. It had a population of 54 pe ...

and Sandyford. He was the

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at St John,

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from 1853 to 1886. He was

Archdeacon of Connor The Archdeacon of Connor is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Connor. The archdeaconry can trace its history from Eustacius Eustacius (died 1241) was a 13th-century Irish Roman Catholic bishop. Previously Archdeacon of Conno ...

"Educational Endowments (Ireland) Commissioners : annual report, 1890–91, minutes of evidence and appendix" p189: Dublin; Alexander Thom & Co; 1891 from 1886 to 1893; and

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from 1893 until his death.

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19th-century Irish Anglican priests 20th-century Irish Anglican priests Archdeacons of Connor Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 1907 deaths 1820 births People from Armagh (city) Christian clergy from County Armagh {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub