John Darley (bishop)

For other people named John Darley, see John Darley (disambiguation).

John Richard Darley (1799 – 1884), a "man who laboured strenuously to awaken and sustain the practical interest of the clergy and laity",[1] was a 19th-century Irish Anglican bishop.[2]

Born in County Monaghan and educated at the Royal School Dungannon and Trinity College Dublin,[3] he was later Headmaster of his old school.[4] Ordained in 1826 he was the Rector of Drumgoon and Archdeacon of Ardagh before elevation to the episcopate[5] as the 6th bishop of the United Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh. He married in 1851 Hon. Anna Plunket, the eldest daughter of John Plunket, 3rd Baron Plunket. In 1859, Darley both built and financed the running of a school at Cootehill, County Cavan. Today, this school is known as the Darley National School.[6]

References

  1. ^ The Times, 22 January 1884; p. 6. "Obituary John Richard Darley"
  2. ^ "Darley, John Richard (1799–1884)'", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Blacker, B.H (Oxford, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004) ISBN 0-19-861411-X
  3. ^ "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p211: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  4. ^ Genealogical web site
  5. ^ IRELAND. Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper(London, England), Sunday, 27 September 1874; Issue 1662
  6. ^ Jonathan A. Smyth, 'John Richard Darley (1799-1884), Bishop, Scholar & Philanthropist', Breifne, vol.xi, no.44. (2008)
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