Charles Knox (priest)

Charles Knox
Member of Parliament for Dungannon
In office
1798–1799
Personal details
Born(1770-01-10)10 January 1770
Died30 January 1825(1825-01-30) (aged 55)
ChildrenPrimate Knox
Parent
RelativesThomas Knox (brother)
William Knox (brother)
George Knox (brother)
Edmund Knox (brother)
EducationTrinity College, Dublin

Charles Knox (10 January 1770 – 30 January 1825)[1] was Archdeacon of Armagh from 1814 until his death.[2]

The 6th son of the 1st Viscount Northland,[3] he was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College there.[4] He was Member of Parliament for Dungannon from 1798 to 1799.[5] He was ordained in 1799 and held livings at Dunkerron, Drumachose and Urney.[6] He was a Prebendary of Derry from 1807[7] and St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin from 1817.[8] He was the father of Primate Knox[9] and brother of Bishops William and Edmund Knox.[10]

  1. ^ "MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800" Johnston-Liik, E.M. p100: Belfast; Ulster Historical Foundation; 2006 ISBN 9781903688601
  2. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p236 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  3. ^ James B Leslie. "Armagh clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Armagh, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, &c (page 9 of 62)". ebooksread.com. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860 George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p474: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  5. ^ Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885
  6. ^ "The Monthly Review, Volume 125, Griffiths, G.E;Griffiths,R (Eds) p479: London, G.Henderson,1831
  7. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p344 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  8. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. pp173/4 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  9. ^  "Robert Knox". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. [dead link]
  10. ^ Handbook of British Chronology by Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I.: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X