Small collection of papers of the Hon Rt Revd Charles Dalrymple Lindsay (1760–1846) accessioned at the RCB Library

Since most Irish bishops do not seem to have left much in the way of archives, when episcopal collections do turn up, it is significant because it opens a window to their lives and works. A small collection of papers of the Hon Rt Revd Charles Dalrymple Lindsay (1760-1846), Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, and the last Church of Ireland Bishop of Kildare, 1804-46; together with some materials of his son, the Venerable Charles Lindsay (1790-1855), Archdeacon of Kildare, 1818-55; and finally a travel diary of his second wife, Catherine Eliza Coussmaker (died 1837), has recently been donated to…


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