About Thomas Townsend
Lived 1800 – 1852. Thomas Townsend was an anglican priest.
Thomas Stewart Townsend (1800–1852) was an Irish Anglican bishop in the Church of Ireland in the 19th century.
He was successively Dean of Lismore and Dean of Waterford to 1850. He became Bishop of Meath in 1850 and died in post in Málaga on 16 September 1852. His Times obituary noted that "by his death the system of national education has lost an earnest advocate".
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Who was Thomas Townsend?
Anglican Bishop of Meath (1800–1852)
When was Thomas Townsend born?
Thomas Townsend was born in 1800.
When did Thomas Townsend die?
Thomas Townsend died on 16 September 1852.
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Thomas Townsend was an anglican priest.
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