Lord Robert Tottenham

Robert Ponsonby Tottenham (5 September 1773 – 28 April 1850; Robert Ponsonby Loftus until 1806) was an Irish Anglican Bishop in the first half of the 19th century.[5]

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The Lord Robert Tottenham

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Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora[1]
In office
1804–1820
Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin
In office
1820 – 1822[2]
Bishop of Clogher
In office
1822 – 1850[3]
Personal details
Born5 September 1773
Died28 April 1850
NationalityIrish
Spouse(s)Hon. Alicia Maude

8th child and 6th daughter of

Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden[4]
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford

He was born the younger son[6] of Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely and Jane Myhill, daughter of Robert Myhill of Killarney, in Woodstock, County Wicklow [7] on 5 September 1773 [8] and educated at Christ Church, Oxford.[9] He was Precentor of Cashel from 1798 until 1804[10] when he was elevated to the Episcopate[11] as Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora.[12] Upon his father's death, he inherited the Tottenham Green estate, changing his surname to Tottenham.[9] In 1820 he was translated[13] to Ferns [14] and two years later to Clogher.[15] He died in post[16] on 28 April 1850.[17]

There is a memorial tablet to him in Clogher Cathedral.[18]

References
  1. Church of Ireland- Clare Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
  2. “Enniskellen long ago” Bradshaw,W.H: Dublin, George Herbert, 1878
  3. Ireland Old News
  4. ” A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire” Burke,J London, Colburn,H/ Bentley, R 1832
  5. Burke's Peerage 1967 p1201
  6. Clare Library
  7. National Archives
  8. thePeerage.com
  9. Tottenham name
  10. The Morning Chronicle (London, England), Wednesday, December 5, 1804; Issue 11091
  11. National Library of Ireland
  12. "A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.M; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F:Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  13. "RDS". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
  14. Fryde, E. B; Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  15. Cotton, Henry (1849). The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 3, The Province of Ulster. Dublin: Hodges and Smith. pp. 73–77
  16. Clogher Anglican
  17. The Times, Wednesday, May 01, 1850; pg. 8; Issue 20477; col B Ireland
  18. Clogher clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Clogher, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, etc" Leslie, J.B. p 23/4: Enniskille; R. H. Ritchie; 1929
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Nathaniel Alexander		 Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora
1804–1820		 Succeeded by
Richard Mant
Preceded by
Percy Jocelyn		 Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin
1820–1822		 Succeeded by
Thomas Elrington
Bishop of Clogher
1822–1850		 Succeeded by
Archbishops of Armagh


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