Sir Thomas Vesey, 1st Baronet (1668?–1730), was an
Anglo-Irish
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clergyman. He was
Bishop of Ossory
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from 1714 to 1730.
He was born at
Cork
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, Ireland, when his father,
John Vesey
John Vesey or Veysey ( – 23 October 1554) was Bishop of Exeter from 1519 until his death in 1554, having been briefly deposed 1551–3 by King Edward VI for his opposition to the Reformation.
Origins
He was born (as "John Harman"), probabl ...
, later
Archbishop of Tuam
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, was
Dean of Cork
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. He was educated at
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and
Christ Church, Oxford
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, and became a fellow of
Oriel College
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. His mother was John's second wife Anne Muschamp. He married Mary, only surviving daughter and heiress of Denny Muschamp, Esq., of Horsley, Surrey, and his wife Elizabeth Boyle, and, through her, came into a considerable estate. Mary was a cousin on his mother's side. On 13 July (patent 28 Sept.) 1698, he was created a baronet of Abbeyleix in the
Baronetage of Ireland
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Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
James I of E ...
.
Taking holy orders, he was ordained as a priest on 24 June 1700, and, becoming chaplain to
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde
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, and
Archdeacon of Tuam
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, was by his influence advanced to the
bishopric of Killaloe on 12 June 1713. The following year he became Bishop of Ossory.
He died on 6 August 1730,
[Toby Barnard, ‘Vesey, Sir Thomas, first baronet (1672/3–1730)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200]
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/ref> and was buried in St. Anne's Church, Dublin. His only son and heir, John Vesey
John Vesey or Veysey ( – 23 October 1554) was Bishop of Exeter from 1519 until his death in 1554, having been briefly deposed 1551–3 by King Edward VI for his opposition to the Reformation.
Origins
He was born (as "John Harman"), probabl ...
, was created Baron Knapton
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in 1750 and was the ancestor to the Viscounts de Vesci and William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey
William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey, (24 July 1783 – 11 May 1843) was an Anglo-Irish statesman. A Tory, he served in the governments of Lord Wellington and Robert Peel, but is best known for his defeat in the 1828 Clare b ...
. Elizabeth Vesey
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was his daughter. He also had another daughter, Letitia (1708-1747), who married Ven. Charles Meredyth.
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1660s births
Year of birth uncertain
1730 deaths
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18th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland
Anglican bishops of Ossory
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Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland