Thomas Stewart Townsend (1800–1852) thePeerage.com was an Irish Anglican bishop in the Church of Ireland in the 19th century."A New History of Ireland", Moody, T.M; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F: Oxford Oxford University Press, 1976,
He was successively Dean of Lismore and Dean of Waterford to 1850. He became Bishop of Meath in 1850"History of the Diocese of Meath", Healy, J., Dublin, Association for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1908 and died in post in Málaga"IRELAND" The Morning Post (London, England), Tuesday, 30 September 1852; pg. 3; Issue 24579. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II. on 16 September 1852. His Times obituary noted that "by his death the system of national education has lost an earnest advocate".The Times, Thursday, 30 September 1852; pg. 8; Issue 21234; col A Ireland. (From our own correspondent.)
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