Edward Meade

William Edward Meade (24 February 1832 – 12 October 1912) was ^[1] a Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.^[2][3]

Born in county Cork, where his father William was a clergyman, he attended school in Midleton and then university at Trinity College, Dublin,^[4] becoming a Scholar in 1856, and earning BA in mathematics 1857, and MA in 1860. He was ordained in 1863.^[5] In 1873 he became a Bachelor (BD) and a Doctor of Divinity (DD).^[6]

He was Rector of Ardtrea and then Archdeacon of Armagh from 1885^[7] until his elevation to the episcopate in 1893.^[8]

He married Mary Ferrier, the daughter of Fleetwood Churchill of Dublin.^{[citation needed]}