Edward Adderley Stopford (1810 - 1874)

Born 1810 in County Donegal, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Catherine (Duke) Stopford — married 25 Jan 1837 in Calry, County Sligo, Ireland

Descendants

Died 21 Apr 1874 at about age 64 in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Biography

Church of Ireland Clergy

Edward Adderley Stopford born 1810, son of Edward Stopford, Bishop of Meath.

He was educated by Mr Cassan and entered Trinity College Dublin on 3 July 1826, aged 16. B.A. 1832, M.a. 1855, LL.D. 1871. ^[1]

He was collated as Archdeacon of Meath on 9 March 1844. In 1848 he was appointed Vicar-General of the diocese.

Edward married Anna Catherine Duke, daughter of Robert King Duke of Newpark, county Sligo.

Marriage Notice - Newry Telegraph January 31, 1837

MARRIAGE. On the 25th inst., at Calry Church, by the Venerable the Archdeacon of Armagh, the Rev. Edward Adderley Stopford, to Anna Catherine, third daughter of the late R. K. Duke, Esq., of Newpark, County of Sligo.

He died in 1874. ^[2]

Death Notice - Londonderry Sentinel April 23, 1874

DEATH OF ARCHDEACON STOPFORD - DEATH OP ARCHDEACON STOPFORD. The Ven. Edward Stopford, late Archdeacon of the diocese ol Meath, son of Bishop Stopford, and who, as an expert in ecclesiastical law, had taken a considerable part in the organisation of the Church of Ireland under its altered circumstances, died yesterday

Will of Rev Edward Adderley Stopford late of 11 Adelaide rd Dublin, who died 21 Apr 1874 at same place proved at principal registry by oaths of Edward Adderly Stopford of 28 the Temple Dale st Liverpool and Jemmet Joseph Stopford of 11 Adelaide rd, two of the executors. ^[3]

His wife Anne died on 13 June 1891.

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_1874/020662/7250070.pdf
3. ↑ http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/reels/cwa/005014891/005014891_00328.pdf

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Stopford_(priest)

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p18641.htm#i186408
• 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 130