Nathaniel Alexander (1760 – 21 October 1840), was an Anglican

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during the first half of the 19th century. He was born in 1760 and educated at Harrow and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was appointed

Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh The Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh, comprising the southern part of County Galway and a small area of County Roscommon, Ireland. In 1834, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh ...

in 1802 and

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to Killaloe in 1804. Only six months later he became Bishop of Down and Connor. He was

for a third time to Meath in 1823. A nephew of

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; father of Robert Alexander,

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from 1814 to 1828; and uncle of William Alexander, Archbishop of Armagh from 1896 to 1911, he died in post on

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1840.

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, Saturday, Oct 24, 1840; pg. 3; Issue 17497; col C ''Death Of The Bishop Of Meath.-The Right Rev Nathaniel Alexander''

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1760 births People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge 19th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Bishops of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh Bishops of Killaloe and Kilfenora Bishops of Down and Connor (Church of Ireland) Anglican bishops of Meath 1840 deaths Members of the Privy Council of Ireland

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