Andrew Charlton (priest)

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Andrew Charlton was a 17th-century Anglican priest in Ireland. [1]

Charlton was archdeacon of Ardagh from 1683 until 1696; [2] and chancellor of Connor from 1692 until 1696. [2]

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  2. 1 2 Cotton, Henry (1849). Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates. Vol. 3, The Province of Ulster. Dublin: Hodges and Smith. pp. 192, 260. OCLC   316423149.