Edward Stopford (bishop)

Edward Stopford PC[1] (died 1850) was an Anglican bishop[2] in the Church of Ireland[3] in the 19th century.

[4] A former Archdeacon of Armagh,[5] he became Bishop of Meath in 1842 [6] and died in post on 17 September 1850.

His son Edward Adderly Stopford was also a Church of Ireland cleric, and served as Rector of Kells, and Archdeacon of Meath appointed by his father.

[7] He was also the great-grandfather of the Anglican nun and botanist Mother Mary Clare, who died during a death march during the Korean War.

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