About Francis Marsh
Lived 1626 – 1693 (aged 67). Francis Marsh was an anglican priest.
Francis Marsh (23 October 1626 – 16 November 1693) was Archbishop of Dublin from 1682 to 1693.
He was admitted to Emmanuel College, Cambridge in April 1642 as the son of Henry Marsh esq. of Edgeworth, Gloucestershire. He had previously been Dean of Connor (1660–1661), Dean of Armagh (1661–1667), Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe and Kilmore and Ardagh. He married Mary, the daughter of Bishop Jeremy Taylor. Their son Jeremiah Marsh was the Dean of Kilmore. From his father-in-law, Jeremy Taylor, he inherited a silver watch, said to have been a gift from Charles I. This watch remained in the family of his great-grandson, Francis Marsh, barrister-at-law.
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Who was Francis Marsh?
Irish bishop (1626-1693)
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Francis Marsh was born on 23 October 1626 in Gloucestershire.
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Francis Marsh died on 16 November 1693.
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Francis Marsh was an anglican priest.
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Francis Marsh's recorded nationality: English people.
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