Charles Congreve
Charles Walter Congreve was Archdeacon of Armagh from 1738 until his death in 1777.[1]
Congreve was born at Stretton, South Staffordshire and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford.[2] He was Vicar general of the diocese from 1746.[3] In 1746 he published An absolute, indefeasible, hereditary right contrary to reason and Scripture, on 1 Chron 5:1–5:2[4] He was buried in Westminster Abbey.[5]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Cotton, Henry, Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3, p. 47. Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ James B Leslie. "Armagh clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Armagh, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, &c (page 8 of 62)". ebooksread.com. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ Cooke, John (1783). The Preacher's Assistant (after the Manner of Mr. Letsome) Containing a Series of the Texts of Sermons and Discourses ... editor. p. 87.
- ^ "Charles Walter Congreve". Westminster Abbey.
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