Edward Young (bishop)
English Anglican priest
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Edward Young was an English Anglican priest in the eighteenth century:[1] his senior posts were in Ireland.[2]
Young was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] He was Chaplain to George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland[4] who appointed him to the Deanery of Clogher in 1761.[5] In 1763 he became Bishop of Dromore.[6] in 1765 he was translated to Ferns.[7]
