1. Charles Frederick D'Arcy was a Church of Ireland bishop.
17 Facts About Charles D'Arcy
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Charles D'Arcy was the Bishop of Clogher from 1903 to 1907 when he was translated to become Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin before then becoming the Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore.
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Charles D'Arcy was then briefly the Archbishop of Dublin and finally, from 1920 until his death, Archbishop of Armagh.
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Charles D'Arcy was a grandson of John D'Arcy of Hydepark, County Westmeath, and a descendant of The 1st Baron Darcy de Knayth, one of the knights who had fought at the Battle of Crecy.
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Charles D'Arcy was educated at The High School, Dublin, and Trinity College, Dublin, where he was elected a Scholar in mathematics and won a gold medal in Moral Philosophy.
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Charles D'Arcy graduated BA in 1882, with a first-class Divinity Testimonium, and MA in 1892.
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Charles D'Arcy was later awarded the degrees of Bachelor of Divinity, 1898, and Doctor of Divinity, 1900.
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Charles D'Arcy became Rector of Billy, County Antrim, in 1890, and of the united parishes of Ballymena and Ballyclug in 1893.
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Charles D'Arcy's next living was as Vicar of Belfast, from 1900 to 1903, and while there he was appointed Dean of St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, and examining chaplain to Bishop Welland.
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Charles D'Arcy corresponded with Shane Leslie in 1907 about Leslie's decision to convert to Roman Catholicism.
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Charles D'Arcy was opposed to Irish Home Rule and in 1912 signed the Ulster Covenant.
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Charles D'Arcy was a lifelong friend of James Craig, Lord Craigavon, the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, and a member of the Athenaeum Club, London, and the University Club, Dublin.
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Charles D'Arcy was a supporter of the Eugenics movement and chaired the Belfast branch of the Eugenics Education Society.
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Charles D'Arcy was buried at St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh, where there is a memorial to him in the north aisle.
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In 1889, Charles D'Arcy married Harriet Le Byrtt Lewis, daughter of Richard Lewis of Comrie, County Down, and they had one son and three daughters.
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In May 1920, Charles D'Arcy gave his son a special licence to marry Noel Patricia Wakefield.
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Between 1900 and 1903, Charles D'Arcy corresponded with his uncle George James Norman Charles D'Arcy about his uncle's petition to the Crown for the abeyant peerage of Darcy de Knayth.