William Barlow (1793 - 1871)

Born 1793 in County Dublin, Ireland

Descendants

Died 19 Jan 1871 at about age 78 in Dublin, Ireland

Biography

Church of Ireland Clergy

William was born in 1792. He was the son of James Barlow and Elizabeth Ruxton.

He was educated by Mr Falloon and entered Trinity College Dublin on 1 June 1807. B.A. 1812, M.A. 1818. ^[1]

He was ordained Deacon 25 April 1815 (Kilmore) ; was Perpetual Curate Eglish, 1826-37; Vicar Carlingford, 1837-1852. He was collated Treasurer of Armagh and Rector of Creggan (Armagh) on 16 March 1852.

William married Catherine Disney, daughter of Thomas Disney and and Anne Purdon, on 5 May 1825.

Marriage Notice - Saunders's News-Letter May 9, 1825

On the 5th inst. the Rev. William Barlow, second son of James Barlow, Esq. of North Great George’s.street, to Catherine, daughter of Thomas Disney, Esq. of Westland row.

Children

1. James William (Rev) b. 1826 married Mary Louisa Barlow in 1853
2. Thomas Disney (Rev) b. 1828, married Letitia McClean in 1871
3. William Brownlow b. 1831, died aged 10 years in 1841
4. Brabazon John b. 1833 married Harriette Ellen Guinness in 1866
5. Arthur Edward b. 1835 married Adelaide Joanna Loftus Pickard in 1870.
6. Maxwell Close b. 1837, died an infant in 1838
7. John Lambert b. 1841 died aged 8 years in 1849

Catherine had been in love with William Rowan Hamilton, but her family, believed him unsuitable, and she had been forced to marry the Rev William Barlow. The background and effects on Catherine are outlined by Anne van Weerden, in her study published in 2019, entitled Catherine Disney, A Biographical Sketch. The couple lived apart after Catherine attempted suicide in 1848. She died five years later in 1853.

William died in 1871. ^[2]

Death Notice - Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette January 24, 1871

January 19, at 29 Upper Sackville-street, the Rev. William Barlow, rector of Creggan, diocese of Armagh, aged 78 years.

Probate ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ 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.
2. ↑ https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1871/020785/7291098.pdf
3. ↑ http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/reels/cwa/005014889/005014889_00336.pdf

• Catherine Disney, A Biographical Sketch, by Anne van Weerden, Published 2019, PDF Version
• An account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Armagh by Rev James Blennerhassett Leslie M.A., 1911
• Armagh clergy and parishes
• Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae: the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland by Henry Cotton, 1789-1879
• Vol 5 - General Index, Pg 205