Francis Edward Clarke was an Irish Anglican clergyman. Clarke 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 ...

, was 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 ...

; and

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...

in 1879. After a

curacy A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...

in Kilashee, he was the

incumbent The incumbent is the current holder of an official, office or position, usually in relation to an election. In an election for president, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the office of president before the election, whether seek ...

at Killinagh from 1879 until 1883. He was then at

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from 1883; and

Archdeacon of Elphin The Archdeacon of Elphin was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Bishop of Elphin, Diocese of Elphin until 1854; and then within the Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh The archdeaconry can trace it ...

from 1904 until his death on 9 March 1910.The Biddulph Family of Rathrobin and Vicarstown
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