Charles Lindsay (bishop)

Charles Dalrymple Lindsay (also spelled Lyndsay; 15 December 1760 – 8 August 1846),[1] was Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora from 1803 to 1804[2] when he was translated to Kildare.[3]

Linsday was the son of James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres and Anne Dalrymple. He was educated at the University of Glasgow, and in 1779 received a Snell Exhibition[4] to Balliol College, Oxford, graduating B.A. 1783, M.A. 1786,[5] and D.D. at Glasgow in 1804.[4]

He held the following positions in the church:[5][6]

• Vicar of St Peter and St Paul, Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire 1787–1795
• Vicar of Sutterton, Lincolnshire 1793–1803
• Rector of Tydd St Giles, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire 1795–1803
• Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora 1803–1804
• Bishop of Kildare 1804–1846
• Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin 1804–1846

Family

Linsday married firstly Elizabeth Fydell, daughter of Thomas Fydell MP, on 1 January 1790. They had three children:[7]

• Charles Lindsay (1790–1855), Archdeacon of Kildare
• Elizabeth Frances Lindsay (1791–1812), married Sir Compton Domvile Bt MP
• Philip Yorke Lindsay (1795–1832)

Linsday married secondly Catherine Eliza Coussmaker, daughter of Evert George Coussmaker and Mary Heyward, on 2 June 1798. They had one child:[7]

• George Hayward Lindsay (1799–1886)

Notes

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2. "The history and topography of the county of Clare, from the earliest times to the beginning of the 18th century" Frost J: Dublin Sealy, Bryers & Walker 1893
3. "Handbook of British Chronology" By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 9780521563505
4. "Charles Dalrymple Lindsay". The University of Glasgow Story. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
5. Foster, Joseph. Alumni Oxonienses: Linsday, Charles Dalrymple. p. 853 – via Wikisource. [scan ]
6. "Lindsay, Charles (35238)". The Clergy Database. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
7. "Rt. Rev. Hon. Charles Dalrymple Lindsay". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 19 November 2020.