James Langrishe (c. 1765 – 17 May 1847) was Dean of Achonry from 1791 until 1806 when he became Archdeacon of Glendalough.
Early life[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ a b c Dunlop, Robert (1892). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 32. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Blacker, Beaver Henry (1860). Brief sketches of the parishes of Booterstown and Donnybrook. p. 193. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
