Charles Augustus Vignoles (b

Portarlington, County Laois Portarlington, historically called Cooletoodera (from ), is a town on the border of County Laois and County Offaly, Ireland. The River Barrow forms the border. The town was recorded in the 2016 census as having a population of 8,368. History ...

25 July 1789 – d

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18 October 1877) was a Nineteenth century

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, specifically the

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and the dean of the Chapel Royal, Dublin. Vignoles was in the fourth generation of the

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family of the name from Portarlington. In the 1830s he was resident at Cornaher House near

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, built by his father the Rev. John Vignoles (died 1819), a former army officer, and was rector of Newtown Church. He contributed to the building of the local Christ Church (1834). His sister Elizabeth Anne Vignoles married George Grey and was mother of

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, 11th Premier of New Zealand.

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1789 births 1877 deaths Deans of Ossory Deans of the Chapel Royal, Dublin Irish Anglicans People from County Laois People from Portarlington, County Laois {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub