Robert Ponsonby Tottenham (5 September 1773 – 28 April 1850; Robert Ponsonby Loftus until 1806) was an

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in the first half of the 19th century. He was born the younger son of

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and Jane Myhill, daughter of Robert Myhill of

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, in Woodstock, County Wicklow on 5 September 1773 and educated at

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.Tottenham name
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of Cashel from 1798 until 1804 when he was elevated to the

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. Upon his father's death, he inherited the family's

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estate, changing his surname back to the older family name of Tottenham. In 1820 he was

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and two years later to

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, where he replaced the disgraced Bishop Jocelyn. He died in post on 28 April 1850. He married the Hon. Alicia Maude, daughter of

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and his third wife Anne Monck, and had numerous children of whom seven reached adult life, including the youngest,

George Tottenham George Tottenham (20 October 1825 – 20 October 1911) was Dean of Clogher from 1900 to 1903. He was the 10th son of Lord Robert Ponsonby Tottenham Loftus, Bishop of Clogher from 1822 to 1850, and the Hon. Alicia Maude, daughter of Cornwallis ...

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1900-03. There is a memorial tablet to him in

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."Clogher clergy and parishes: being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Clogher, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, etc" Leslie, J.B. p 23/4: Enniskille; R. H. Ritchie; 1929

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1773 births 1850 deaths People from County Wicklow Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford 19th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Bishops of Killaloe and Kilfenora Bishops of Ferns and Leighlin Bishops of Clogher (Church of Ireland) Younger sons of marquesses {{Ireland-Anglican-bishop-stub