The Most Reverend

William Carmichael

LL.D.
Archbishop of Dublin
Primate of Ireland
ChurchChurch of Ireland
DioceseDublin and Glendalough
Appointed12 June 1765
In office1765
PredecessorCharles Cobbe
SuccessorArthur Smyth
Orders
Consecration1 April 1753
by Charles Cobbe
Personal details
Born1702
Died15 December 1765
Bath, Somerset, England
NationalityScottish
DenominationAnglican
ParentsJames Carmichael
Previous post(s)Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh (1753-1758)
Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin (1758)
Bishop of Meath (1758-1765)

William Carmichael (1702–1765) was Archbishop of Dublin for a brief period in 1765.[1]

He was the son of the second Earl of Hyndford.[2]

He had previously been Archdeacon of Buckingham (1742–1753), Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh (1753–1758), Ferns and Leighlin (1758) and Meath (1758–1765).

He died on 15 December 1765.[3]

References

  1. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 350–351. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  2. Genealogical Web site
  3. thePeerage.com



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