Thomas Carson, LLD (27 August 1805 – 7 July 1874) was a 19th-century Irish Anglican Bishop.
A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland (1912) Carson was born in County Monaghan and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860), George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p. 138: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 He held incumbencies at Urney, Cavan1852 Belfast / Ulster Street Directory and then Cloon. Next he was Archdeacon of Ardagh,Assists at ordination and after that Vicar general and then Dean of KilmoreFasti ecclesiae Hibernicae in 1860 before elevation in 1870 to the episcopate as the 5th bishop of the United Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh. He married Eleanor Anne Burton in about 1833, and their son Rev. Thomas William Carson (20 Dec 1834 -1895) was a noted early collector of bookplates.
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