Edward Edgeworth
Edward Edgeworth, D.D. was an Anglican bishop in the last decade of the sixteenth century.
An Englishman, he was Vicar of East Kirkby before coming over to Ireland. He was appointed a Prebendary of St Michan in St Patrick's Cathedral in 1586; and later that year of Tipperkevin in Christ Church Cathedral in the same city. 1n 1590 he became Vicar of Carrickfergus and in 1593, Bishop of Down and Connor. He died two years later.
He amassed a considerable fortune, which he left to his brother Francis, who was appointed Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper in Ireland in about 1606. Francis founded a gifted Irish dynasty whose most notable members were Richard Lovell Edgeworth and his daughter, the novelist Maria Edgeworth. The family gave its name to Edgeworthstown, County Longford.
