Charles Cobbe (1686 in Swarraton – 1765) was Archbishop of Dublin from 1743 to 1765, and as such was

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Early life

Cobbe was the second son of Thomas Cobbe, of Swarraton, Winchester,

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for County Southampton, by his marriage to Veriana Chaloner. He was educated at

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and

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. Charles Cobbe's maternal grandfather

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was

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from 1658 to 1660. Following the Restoration of the monarchy, Chaloner committed suicide by taking poison at the approach of English soldiers, knowing they had orders to arrest him and to secure his castle for the king. In some sources, Cobbe’s father Thomas Cobbe is also given the title Governor of the Isle of Man.Cobbe's older brother was Colonel Richard Chaloner Cobbe.

Career

Cobbe arrived in Ireland in August 1717 as chaplain to his cousin

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, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. By January the following year he was appointed

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. In 1720, he was appointed to the Bishopric of Killala. By 1726 he was translated to the See of Dromore, and in 1731 he was promoted to the Bishopric of Kildare and the Deanery of Christ Church. He held this position until 10 March 1743 when he was enthroned as Archbishop of Dublin, bringing him to fourth in precedence in the government of Ireland.

Personal life

In 1730, Cobbe married Dorothea ( Levinge), Lady Rawdon, a daughter of

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and the former Mary Corbin. His wife was the widow of Sir John Rawdon, of

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, and had two sons by Rawdon:

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, later

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; and Arthur Rawdon. From her marriage to Cobbe, Dorothea bore two more sons before her death while giving birth to their second son: * Charles Cobbe (1731–1750), who died unmarried. *

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(1733–1814), who married Lady Eliza Beresford, a younger daughter of

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, and Lady Catherine Power, ''

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'' Baroness La Poer, in 1751. Among her siblings were

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, John Beresford, MP, and

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. Cobbe was the founder of the prominent

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in Ireland and built the ancestral home of Newbridge outside Dublin between 1747 and 1752. He died at St. Sepulchre's, Dublin, on 14 April 1765, and was buried at

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cobbe, Charles 1686 births 1765 deaths People educated at Winchester College Clergy from Winchester Charles Deans of Ardagh Deans of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin Anglican archbishops of Dublin 18th-century Anglican archbishops Bishops of Killala and Achonry Anglican bishops of Dromore Anglican bishops of Kildare 18th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Members of the Irish House of Lords