Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton

Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton (22 December 1736 – 14 July 1809), was an Anglo-Irish clergyman of the Church of Ireland. He served as Dean of Kilmore, as Bishop of Cloyne, as Archbishop of Cashel, and finally as Archbishop of Dublin from 1801 until his death.

Early life Agar was the third son of Henry Agar of Gowran in County Kilkenny and his wife Anne Ellis, daughter of the Most Reverend Welbore Ellis, Bishop of Meath. His brothers included James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden, and Welbore Ellis Agar, a notable art collector.

Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, was his maternal uncle.

Agar was educated at Westminster School

Career Agar is known to have held particularly marked Calvinistic positions. He served as Dean of Kilmore from 1765 to 1768, and then as Bishop of Cloyne until 1779.

In 1776 he married Jane Benson, a daughter of William Benson, of Downpatrick, County Down. In 1779 he was appointed as Archbishop of Cashel and also joined the Irish Privy Council. In 1784, while he was in office, the new St. John's Cathedral, Cashel, was completed, and two years later its important Samuel Green organ was built.

In 1794 Agar was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Somerton.