James Langrishe

James Langrishe (c. 1765 – 17 May 1847) was Dean of Achonry from 1791 until 1806 when he became Archdeacon of Glendalough.

Early life

He was the second son of Sir Hercules Langrishe, 1st Baronet of Knocktopher, County Kilkenny, Ireland, an MP in the Parliament of Ireland, and a noted supporter of Catholic Emancipation, and his wife Hannah Myhill of Killerney, County Kilkenny.[1]

Career

He served as rector of Newcastle Lyons, co. Dublin, and Killishin, County Carlow. He served as Dean of Achonry from 1791 until 1806,[2] when he became Archdeacon of Glendalough.[3]

Personal life

He married Mary Harriet Michell, a daughter of Hugh Henry Mitchell and sister to Col. Hugh Henry Mitchell, who married Lady Harriett Somerset (a daughter of the 5th Duke of Beaufort).[4][5] Among their children were:

  • Charles Tottenham Langrishe (named for the 1st Marquess of Ely, who married James' aunt Jane Myhill) and their daughter Margaret Langrishe.[1]

He died aged 82 in 1847 and was buried at St Finian's Church, Newcastle, County Dublin.[1]

References
  1. Dunlop, Robert (1892). "Langrishe, Hercules" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 32. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. The Statutes at Large, Passed in the Parliaments Held in Ireland: From the Third Year of Edward the Second, A.D. 1310, to the Twenty Sixth-[fortieth] Year of George the Third, A.D. 1786-[A.D. 1800], Inclusive : with Marginal Notes, and a Compleat Index to the Whole ... Boulter Grierson. 1796. p. 930. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  3. Cotton, Henry (1801). Fasti Ecclesiæ Hibernicæ: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies in Ireland, Volume IV. Hodges and Smith. p. 151. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  4. Mary-le-bone), Thomas Smith (Of (1833). A Topographical and historical account of the Parish of St. Mary-le-bone. ... With biographical notices of eminent persons. Illustrated with six views, and a map. p. 94. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  5. Blacker, Beaver Henry (1860). Brief sketches of the parishes of Booterstown and Donnybrook. p. 193. Retrieved 12 April 2024.


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