Francis Marsh

Francis Marsh (23 October 1626 – 16 November 1693) was Archbishop of Dublin from 1682 to 1693.^[1]

The Most Reverend Francis Marsh D.D.
Archbishop of Dublin Primate of Ireland
Church	Church of Ireland
Province	Dublin
Diocese	Dublin and Glendalough
Appointed	14 February 1682
In office	1682–1693
Predecessor	John Parker
Successor	Narcissus Marsh
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe (1667–1673) Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh (1673–1682)
Orders
Ordination	27 January 1661 by Jeremy Taylor
Consecration	22 December 1667 by Thomas Price
Personal details
Born	23 October 1626 Gloucestershire, England
Died	16 November 1693(1693-11-16) (aged 67)
Nationality	English
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Mary Taylor

He was admitted to Emmanuel College, Cambridge in April 1642 as the son of Henry Marsh esq. of Edgeworth, Gloucestershire.^[2] 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.^[3] Their son Jeremiah Marsh was the Dean of Kilmore.^[4] 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.^[5]

References

1. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 350–351. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
2. "ACAD Francis Marsh". Retrieved 9 August 2023.
3. "Belfast Cathedral web site". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
4. Cumberland, Richard; Maxwell, John (1727). A Treatise of the Laws of Nature. R. Phillips.
5. Burke's Peerage, 1857, p.664: Sir Henry Marsh, Baronet

Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by Robert Price	Dean of Connor 1660–1661	Succeeded by George Rust
Preceded by James Frey	Dean of Armagh 1661–1667	Succeeded by James Downhame
Preceded by William Fuller	Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe 1667–1673	Succeeded by John Vesey
Preceded by Robert Maxwell	Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh 1673–1782	Succeeded by William Sheridan
Preceded by John Parker	Archbishop of Dublin May 1682 – December 1693	Succeeded by Narcissus Marsh