General Biography, or Lives of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages, Countries, Conditions, and Professions, Arranged According to Alphabetical Order, Vol. 7 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Aikin, John

9780428611750: General Biography, or Lives of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages, Countries, Conditions, and Professions, Arranged According to Alphabetical Order, Vol. 7 (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0428611753 ISBN 13: 9780428611750

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Excerpt from General Biography, or Lives of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages, Countries, Conditions, and Professions, Arranged According to Alphabetical Order, Vol. 7

011 the twenty-lifth of January 1795, under the administration of earl Fitzwilliam, our pre Iate was raised to the highest dignity in the Irish church, by being translated from Waterford to the archiepiscopal see of Armagh, vacant by the death of Dr. Richard Robinson, lord Rokeby, primate of all Ireland. Ou this oc casion he had to advance to the heirs of his predecessor the large sum of fifteen or sixteen thousand pounds, under a parliamentary ar rangement which took place during the life time of Dr. Robinson. 80 considerable was the expenditure of that prelate for the improve ment of his diocese, as well as of the cathe dral and palace at Armagh, exclusive of very munificcnt donations from his own private purse, that an act of parliament was passed em powering him to establish a species of mort gage on his see, by which his heirs should receive a fine of fifteen or sixteen thousand pounds from his immediate successor, and the heirs of succeeding prelates smaller fines, de creasing in a fixed ratio, till the whole mort gage should be discharged. The large sum which archbishop Newcome had to advance, he was enabled to pay without any inconve nience out of his private fortune, which he had managed with prudential economy, while in his various situations he had upheld the dignity of the episcopal character, by a liberal attention to the demands of benevolence and hospitality. In his new situation he maintain ed the same character which had rendered him the object of universal respect and esteem at Dromore, Ossory, and faterford. It is true, that the rank to which he was elevated obliged him to assume greater state in his manner of living and appearance, and'to mix more in public life, than was perfectly agreeable to his wishes; but he conducted himself through those scenes with the same propriety which governed him in all his intercourse with the world, rejoicing when he was enabled to with draw from them to the enjoyment of domes tic felicity, and the pursuit of his beloved studies. In the year 1795, the archbishop published his Primary Charge, in quarto, which calls the attention of the clergy to a very important and much neglected part of the pastoral care, that of occasional and pri vate instruction. \vith equal good sense, knowledge of the world, and zeal for the ih terests of practical religion, the author points.

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