Charles Frederick D'Arcy DD (1859 - 1938)

Born 2 Jan 1859 in Rehoboth House, Rehoboth, Dublin, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Harriet Le Brytt Lewis — married 12 Jun 1889 in Rehoboth House, Rehoboth, Dublin, Ireland

Descendants

Died 1 Feb 1938 at age 79 in Armagh, Northern Ireland.

Biography

Church of Ireland Clergy

Charles Frederick D'Arcy was born on 2 January 1859 in Rehoboth House, Rehoboth, Dublin, Ireland. He was the son of John Charles D'Arcy and his wife Henrietta Anna Brierly.

He was educated at the High School, Dublin; and at Trinity College Dublin, where he had a distinguished career, obtaining 1st Place at Entrance, ist Honours in Mathematics and Ethics, 1st Math. Sch., 1882, B.A. (Sen. Mod. and Gold Medal in Mental and Moral Phil.) 1882; Div. Test (i) 1884, M.A. 1889, B.D. 1892, D.D. 1900.

He was ordained Deacon 1884 (Kilmore for Down), Priest 1885 (Down), Curate St. Thos., Belfast, 1884-90. Rector Billy (Connor) 1890-3, Rector Ballymena 1893-1900, Examaning Chaplain to Bishop of Down 1892-1903, Chaplain to L.L. 1895-1903, Dean of Belfast and Vicar St. Anne's 1900-3, Donnellan Lect. T.C.D. 1897-8 and 1914, Prebendary Connor 1890-1900, Canon of St. Patrick's, Dublin, 1902-3, Select Pr. Camb. Univ. 1907-8 and Oxford Univ. 1908-10.

In 1903 he was consecrated Bishop of Clogher. On November 5th, 1907, he was elected Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin by the House of Bishops, from two names submitted by the Diocesan Synod. Elected Bishop of Down and Connor and Dromore by the Synod, Mar. 27, 1911, and on 6 August 1919 he was elected to the Archbishopric of Dublin. When Dr. Crazier died he was unanimously elected Primate by the House of Bishops, on 17 June 1920.

He died on 1 February 1938 in Armagh, Northern Ireland and is buried at Saint Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh, Northern Ireland.

Marriage

Charles Frederick D'Arcy was married to Harriet Le Brytt Lewis on 12 June 1889 in the Church of St Thomas's Belfast. ^[1]

Marriage Notice - Belfast News-Letter 13 June 1889

D'Arcy - Lewis - June 12, at St Thomas' Church, Belfast by the Rev T. J. Welland M.A., the Rev Charles Frederick D'Arcy B.A. Curate of St. Thomas', son of John C. D'Arcy, Esq., Dublin, to Hariet Le Byrtt. eldest daughter of the late Richard Lewis. Esq., Belfast.

Children

Children of Charles Frederick D'Arcy and his wife Harriet Le Brytt Lewis;

1. Elinor Marion D'Arcy. b. 1890. m. October 4th, 1916, Donald James Handford, Capt. R.F.A., elder son of Theodore H., of Norwood, Newport, Monaghan
2. John Conyers D'Arcy. b. 1894.
3. Henrietta Grace Lewis
4. Dorothy Frances

Sources

• Family Tree. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MW54-51F : accessed 2017-10-27), entry for Charles Frederick DARCY ;[Arch Bishop].

• Passenger List. "California, San Francisco Passenger Lists, 1893-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXHQ-DKF : 2 April 2015), Charles Frederick D'Arcy, 1936; citing San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1410 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 2,381,117.

• Census. "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWDL-8LP : 2 August 2017), Charles Frederick D Arcy in household of John Rooker, Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks, Kent, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• Death. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV9-16K8 : 13 December 2015), Charles Frederick D'Arcy, 1938; Burial, Armagh, , County Armagh, Northern Ireland, Saint Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral; citing record ID 5887610, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Obituary. "British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2D1-TH7K : 9 March 2017), Charles Frederick D'arcy, 1938.

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ryk_brown&id=I17684
• Being an account of the Clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Clogher by Rev James B Leslie M.A., M.R.I.A. 1920

1. ↑ https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1889/10731/5912505.pdf