Charles Dalrymple Lindsay (also spelt Lyndsay; 15 December 1760 – 8 August 1846), was

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from 1803 to 1804 when he was translated to Kildare.

Life

Lindsay was the son of

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and Anne Dalrymple. He was educated at

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and then the

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, and in 1779 received a

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to Balliol College, Oxford, graduating

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1783,

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1786, and D.D. at Glasgow in 1804. He was chairman of the Wisbech Canal company. He held the following positions in the church: * Vicar of St Peter and St Paul,

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, Cambridgeshire 1787–1795 * Vicar of

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, Lincolnshire 1793–1803 * Rector of

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, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire 1795–1803 *

1803–1804 *

Bishop of Kildare The Bishop of Kildare was an episcopal title which took its name after the town of Kildare in County Kildare, Ireland. The title is no longer in use by any of the main Christian churches having been united with other bishoprics. In the Roman Cath ...

1804–1846 *

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1804–1846

Family

Linsday married firstly Elizabeth Fydell, daughter of Thomas Fydell , on 1 January 1790. They had three children: * Charles Lindsay (1790–1855), Archdeacon of Kildare * Elizabeth Frances Lindsay (1791–1812), married Sir Compton Domvile * Philip Yorke Lindsay (1795–1832) Linsday married secondly Catherine Eliza Coussmaker, daughter of Evert George Coussmaker and Mary Heyward, on 2 June 1798. They had one child: * George Hayward Lindsay (1799–1886)

Notes

1760 births 1846 deaths Alumni of the University of Glasgow Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Deans of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin 19th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Anglican bishops of Kildare Bishops of Killaloe and Kilfenora Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Younger sons of earls Charles {{Ireland-Anglican-bishop-stub