Edmund Knox (1772 – 3 May 1849) was an absentee Irish bishop in the mid 19th century whose death at the height of the Irish Famine lead to a famously critical leading article in The Times.[1]
Edmund Knox | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora | |
| In office 1831–1834 | |
| Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe | |
| In office 1834–1849 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1772 |
| Died | 1849 |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
He was born in 1772, the 7th and youngest son of Thomas Knox, 1st Viscount Northland and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was Dean of Down from 1817 [2] to his elevation to the episcopate as Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora in 1831.[3] Translated to become Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe in 1834[4] he died in post on 3 May 1849.
References
edit- ^ Thursday, May 10, 1849; pg. 5; Issue 20172; col D
- ^ "A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.M; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F:Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0198217455
- ^ Fryde, E. B; Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ^ Berrow's Worcester Journal (Worcester, England), Thursday, January 02, 1834; pg. [1]; Issue 6834. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.