Robert Beatty (Archdeacon of Ardagh)

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Robert Beatty (1774-1821) was an Anglican priest, most notably Archdeacon of Ardagh from 1805 until his death in 1821. [1]

He was born in County Longford and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. [2] His brother was the Ship's Surgeon on HMS Victory, and witnessed Nelson's death during the Trafalgar. [3]

Notes

  1. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p193 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  2. "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593-1860)" Burtchaell, G.D/Sadlier, T.U p53: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  3. Brockliss, Laurence; Cardwell, John & Moss, Michael (2005). Nelson's Surgeon: William Beatty, Naval Medicine, and the Battle of Trafalgar (PDF). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. ISBN   0-19-928742-2 . Retrieved 14 January 2018.


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