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STONE, GEORGE, younger brother of Andrew Stone (qv); b. 7 Jan 1707/8; adm. apr 1720; KS 1721; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1725, matr. 2 Jun 1725, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1725 – void 14 Oct 1734 (expiry year of grace as Dean of Ferns), Tutor 1730; BA 1729; MA 1732; DD 1740; ordained; Chaplain to Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (qv), when Lord Lieut. Ireland; Dean of Ferns and Leighlin 22 Aug 1733 – Apr 1734; Dean of Derry 3 Apr 1734 – Aug 1740; consecrated Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin 3 Aug 1740; translated to Kildare 19 Mar 1743; Dean of Christ Church, Dublin 15 Jun 1743 – May 1745; translated to bishopric of Derry 11 May 1745; Archbishop of Armagh from 13 Mar 1747; Privy Councillor (I) 10 Apr 1747; Vice-Chancellor, Dublin Univ., from 1752; the political rival of Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon (I) (qv); served many times as one of the Lord Justices of Ireland, and for some years virtually dictator of the country; d. unm. 19 Dec 1764. Buried North Aisle, Westminster Abbey. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.