Robert Ponsonby Tottenham (5 September 1773 – 28 April 1850; Robert Ponsonby Loftus until 1806) was an Irish Anglican Bishop in the first half of the 19th century.[5]
Lord Robert Tottenham | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora[1] | |
| In office 1804–1820 | |
| Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin | |
| In office 1820–1822[2] | |
| Bishop of Clogher | |
| In office 1822–1850[3] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 September 1773 |
| Died | 28 April 1850 |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Spouse(s) | Hon. Alicia Maude 8th child and 6th daughter of |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
He was born the younger son[6] of Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely and Jane Myhill, daughter of Robert Myhill of Killarney, in Woodstock, County Wicklow[7] on 5 September 1773 [8] and educated at Christ Church, Oxford.[9] He was Precentor of Cashel from 1798 until 1804[10] when he was elevated to the episcopate[11] as Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora.[12] Upon his father's death, he inherited the family's Tottenham Green estate, changing his surname back to the older family name of Tottenham.[9] In 1820 he was translated[13] to Ferns[14] and two years later to Clogher, where he replaced the disgraced Bishop Jocelyn.[15][16] He died in post[17] on 28 April 1850.[18]
He married the Hon. Alicia Maude, daughter of Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden and his third wife Anne Monck, and had numerous children of whom seven reached adult life, including the youngest, George Tottenham, Dean of Clogher 1900-03.
There is a memorial tablet to him in Clogher Cathedral.[19]
References
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- ^ "Died". Ballina Chronicle. 8 May 1850. Retrieved 6 December 2020 – via Ireland Old News.
- ^ " A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire" Burke,J London, Colburn,H/ Bentley, R 1832
- ^ Burke's Peerage 1967 p1201
- ^ Clare Library
- ^ National Archives
- ^ thePeerage.com
- ^ a b Tottenham name
- ^ The Morning Chronicle (London, England), Wednesday, 5 December 1804; Issue 11091
- ^ National Library of Ireland
- ^ "A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.M; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F:Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
- ^ "RDS". Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Cotton, Henry (1849). The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 3, The Province of Ulster. Dublin: Hodges and Smith. pp. 73–77
- ^ Dictionary of Irish Biography (D.I.B.): Jocelyn, Percy. https://www.dib.ie/biography/jocelyn-percy-a4281
- ^ Clogher Anglican
- ^ The Times, Wednesday, 1 May 1850; pg. 8; Issue 20477; col B Ireland
- ^ "Clogher clergy and parishes: being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Clogher, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, etc" Leslie, J.B. p 23/4: Enniskille; R. H. Ritchie; 1929
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