Thomas O'Beirne
The Right Reverend Thomas Lewis O'Beirne (1749 – 17 February 1823), was an Anglican bishop, Bishop of Ossory from 1795 to 1798[1] when he was translated to Meath.[2]
Life
Born in 1749, the eldest son of a Roman Catholic farmer, he was educated at the Catholic College of St Omer before converting to Anglicanism. Ordained a priest in 1773, he was entered on the books of Trinity College, Cambridge as a ten-year man the same year.[3]
His ecclesiastical career began with a college living at Grendon, Northamptonshire 1774-1776, following which he was a naval chaplain under Admiral Howe in 1776.[3] In 1776 he preached in St. Paul's Church in New York City.[4] Later he was Vicar of West Deeping 1779-1783 and chaplain and private secretary to the Duke of Portland 1782-1783.[5]
Returning to his native Ireland he became the incumbent at Templemichael, from which post he ascended to the episcopate:[5] He became Anglican bishop of Ossory in 1795, and in 1798 was transferred to the see of Meath.[3]
He died on 17 February 1823.
Notes
- ↑ “Handbook of British Chronology” By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 9780521563505
- ↑ Genealogical Web site
- 1 2 3 "O'Beirne, Thomas Lewis (OBN773TL)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1900). "O'Beirne, Thomas Lewis". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton. - 1 2 ‘O’Beirne , Thomas Lewis (1749–1823)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Davenport-Hines,R. (Oxford, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004) ISBN 0-19-861411-X
| Church of Ireland titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by William Beresford |
Bishop of Ossory 1795–1798 |
Succeeded by Hugh Hamilton |
| Preceded by Henry Maxwell |
Bishop of Meath 1798 –1823 |
Succeeded by Nathaniel Alexander |