Robert Humpston (bishop)
Robert Humpsdon, D.D. was an Anglican bishop in the early seventeenth century.[1]
An Englishman, he was Rector of Barton, Cheshire before coming over to Ireland.[2] He was appointed Bishop of Down and Connor in 1602 and served for four years, prior to his death in late 1606.[3]
References
- ↑ Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 0713642556
- ↑ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton,H. pp 204/5 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
- ↑ Evans, Mihail D. (2004). "Humston, Robert". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14168. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
| Church of Ireland titles | ||
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| Preceded by John Chardon |
Bishop of Down and Connor 1602–1606 |
Succeeded by John Todd |
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