Edward Goldsmith (priest)
Irish Anglican priest (1662–1722)
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Edward Goldmith (1662–1722) was an Irish Anglican priest in the 17th century.[1]
Goldsmith was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[2] He was ordained on 17 May 1664 and held livings at Ardcarne, Eastersnow and Kilmactrany. Goldsmith was Prebendary of Rasharkin in Lisburn Cathedral from 1692 until 1700.[3] He was Dean of Elphin from 1700 until his death.[4]
His first cousin Robert Goldsmith was paternal grandfather of the poet Oliver Goldsmith;[5] and his son Isaac Dean of Cloyne from 1736 to 1769.[6]
