Hugh Boulter DD (1672 - 1742)

Born 4 Jan 1672 in London, England

Husband of Elizabeth (Savage) Boulter — married 12 Nov 1719 in London, England

Died 27 Sep 1742 at age 70 in London, England

Biography

Church of Ireland Clergy

Hugh was born in London in 1672. He was the son of John Boulter and his wife Rebecca. He was educated at the Merchant Taylors' school.

He was admitted to Christ Church College, Oxford on 28 February 1686-7, aged 15; later transfering to Magdalen College 1689-96, B.A. 1690, M.A. 1693, fellow 1696-1709. B.D. 1705, D.D. 1708, and of Trinity College, Dublin, 'ad eundem' 1720 ^{[1] [2]}

Rector of St Olave in Southwark and also Dean of Christ Church Oxford. He was Archdeacon of Surrey, and chaplain to King George I. by whom in 1719 he was made Bishop of Bristol; He became Archbishop of Armagh by patent dated 31 August 1724 and was enthroned on 18th November. During his incumbency of eighteen years he took a prominent part in all matters, both of Church and State; for which his great talents, activity, and habits of business, eminently qualified him. He was also extremely charitable, and left lasting monuments of his liberality, both to his dio cese of Armagh, and to Christ Church, Oxford, where he had been educated.

Hugh married Elizabeth Savage at St. Peter- le-Poer, London, England, on 12 November 1719. ^[3] They had no children.

He died in London, on 27 September 1742; and was buried in the north transept of Westminster Abbey, where is a marble monument and a bust of him. Another marble bust is placed in the Library of Christ Church, Oxford ; and a full length portrait is preserved in Magdalene College. Elizabeth died in 1754 and is buried with him in Westminster Abbey. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Bludworth-Brakell," in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, ed. Joseph Foster (Oxford: University of Oxford, 1891), 142-170. British History Online, accessed November 26, 2021, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp142-170.
2. ↑ FindmyPast - Alumni Dublinenses - 1924 Edition Note: Published in 1924, this is the first edition Alumni Dublinenses, a register of provosts, professors, graduates and students of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland's oldest university.
3. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKG5-CJ2 : 13 March 2020), Hugh Boulter, 1719.
4. ↑ Westminster Abbey Commemorations

• Wikipedia - Hugh Boulter
• Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae: the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland by Henry Cotton, 1789-1879
• Vol 3. - The Province of Ulster, Pg 23