Alexander Arbuthnot was Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora

Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora

The Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Killaloe and Kilfenora in the Province of Cashel; comprising all of County Clare and the northern part of County Tipperary, Ireland....

 in the then-established Church of Ireland

Church of Ireland

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He was born in Rockfleet Castle

Rockfleet Castle

Rockfleet Castle, or Carraigahowley Castle , is a tower house near Newport in County Mayo, Ireland. It was built in the mid sixteenth century, and is most famously associated with Gráinne O'Malley, the pirate queen and chieftain of the clan O’Malley.Rockfleet Castle has four floors and is over...

, County Mayo

County Mayo

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, Ireland

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, on 7 May 1768, the son of John Arbuthnot of Rockfleet. Among his siblings were the Right Honourable Charles Arbuthnot

Charles Arbuthnot

Charles Arbuthnot was a British diplomat and Tory politician. He was Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire between 1804 and 1807 and held a number of political offices. He was a good friend of the Duke of Wellington...

 and General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot

Thomas Arbuthnot

Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot KCB was a British Army commander.-Military career:He was born in Rockfleet Castle, County Mayo, Ireland, the sixth son of John Arbuthnot, Sr of Rockfleet....

. Alexander married twice: first, on 31 March 1798, Susanna Bingham, daughter of Mr Bingham of Antigua, West Indies; and secondly (in a service performed by the Archbishop of Tuam at St. Peter's Church, Aungier Street, Dublin

St. Peter's Church, Aungier Street, Dublin

St. Peter's Church was a former Church of Ireland parish church located in Aungier St. in Dublin, Ireland, where the Dublin YMCA building now stands. It was built on land that formerly belonged to the Whitefriars in Dublin...

), on 5 May 1819, Margaret Phoebe Bingham, daughter of General George Bingham

George Bingham

George Bingham may refer to:*George Bingham Divine and antiquary*Sir George Bingham Military Governor of Sligo 1569*Sir George Bingham, 2nd Baronet George Bingham may refer to:*George Bingham (divine) (1715–1800) Divine and antiquary*Sir George Bingham Military Governor of Sligo 1569*Sir George...

(Alexander's first wife's uncle).