The Most Reverend

Francis Marsh

D.D.
Archbishop of Dublin
Primate of Ireland
ChurchChurch of Ireland
ProvinceDublin
DioceseDublin and Glendalough
Appointed14 February 1682
In office1682–1693
PredecessorJohn Parker
SuccessorNarcissus Marsh
Orders
Ordination27 January 1661
by Jeremy Taylor
Consecration22 December 1667
by Thomas Price
Personal details
Born23 October 1626
Gloucestershire, England
Died16 November 1693(1693-11-16) (aged 67)
NationalityEnglish
DenominationAnglican
SpouseMary Taylor
Previous post(s)Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe (1667–1673)
Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh (1673–1682)

Francis Marsh (23 October 1626 – 16 November 1693) was Archbishop of Dublin from 1682 to 1693.[1]

He was admitted to Emmanuel College, Cambridge in April 1642 as the son of Henry Marsh esq. of Edgeworth, Gloucestershire.[2] He had previously been Dean of Connor (1660–1661), Dean of Armagh (1661–1667), Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe and Kilmore and Ardagh. He married Mary, the daughter of Bishop Jeremy Taylor.[3] Their son Jeremiah Marsh was the Dean of Kilmore.[4] From his father-in-law, Jeremy Taylor, he inherited a silver watch, said to have been a gift from Charles I. This watch remained in the family of his great-grandson, Francis Marsh, barrister-at-law.[5]

References

  1. ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 350–351. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  2. ^ "ACAD Francis Marsh". Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Belfast Cathedral web site". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  4. ^ Cumberland, Richard; Maxwell, John (1727). A Treatise of the Laws of Nature. R. Phillips.
  5. ^ Burke's Peerage, 1857, p.664: Sir Henry Marsh, Baronet
Church of Ireland titles Preceded byRobert Price Dean of Connor 1660–1661 Succeeded byGeorge Rust Preceded byJames Frey Dean of Armagh 1661–1667 Succeeded byJames Downhame Preceded byWilliam Fuller Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe 1667–1673 Succeeded byJohn Vesey Preceded byRobert Maxwell Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh 1673–1782 Succeeded byWilliam Sheridan Preceded byJohn Parker Archbishop of Dublin May 1682 – December 1693 Succeeded byNarcissus Marsh



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