St George Ashe
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St. George Ashe D.D.
, a Church of Ireland cleric who served successively as Bishop of Cloyne, Clogher and Derry in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Ashe was born in County Roscommon in 1658. He was educated at Trinity College, where he became a Fellow, and Professor of Mathematics; he afterwards acted as secretary and chaplain to the British Embassy at Vienna. Returning to Ireland in 1692, he was made Provost of Trinity College, Dublin. He was consecrated Bishop of Cloyne
in 1695, and promoted to the see of Clogher
in 1697, and to that of Derry
in 1717. He occasionally contributed to the proceedings of the Royal Society
, of which he was a member. He died in Dublin, 27 February 1718, and was buried in Christ Church
. He bequeathed his mathematical library to the College.. Two years before he died, he sent his son, also St George Ashe, on a Grand Tour with Fellow of Trinity College, the philosopher George Berkeley, as his tutor. Having been conducted on one of the most extensive tours of the period, including the length and breadth of Italy, including Sicily, Ischia, Calabria and Puglia, the young Ashe died, presumably without having seen his father again, in Brussels in 1721.
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, a Church of Ireland cleric who served successively as Bishop of Cloyne, Clogher and Derry in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Ashe was born in County Roscommon in 1658. He was educated at Trinity College, where he became a Fellow, and Professor of Mathematics; he afterwards acted as secretary and chaplain to the British Embassy at Vienna. Returning to Ireland in 1692, he was made Provost of Trinity College, Dublin. He was consecrated Bishop of Cloyne
Bishop of Cloyne
The Bishop of Cloyne is an episcopal title which takes its name after the small town of Cloyne in County Cork, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it is a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics....
in 1695, and promoted to the see of Clogher
Bishop of Clogher
The Bishop of Clogher is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Clogher in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Following the Reformation, there are now parallel apostolic successions: one of the Church of Ireland and the other of the Roman Catholic Church.-History:Clogher is one...
in 1697, and to that of Derry
Bishop of Derry
The Bishop of Derry is an episcopal title which takes its name after the city of Derry in Northern Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with another bishopric.-History:...
in 1717. He occasionally contributed to the proceedings of the Royal Society
Proceedings of the Royal Society
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, of which he was a member. He died in Dublin, 27 February 1718, and was buried in Christ Church
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
Christ Church Cathedral is the cathedral of the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough and the cathedral of the Ecclesiastical province of the United Provinces of Dublin and Cashel in the Church of Ireland...
. He bequeathed his mathematical library to the College.. Two years before he died, he sent his son, also St George Ashe, on a Grand Tour with Fellow of Trinity College, the philosopher George Berkeley, as his tutor. Having been conducted on one of the most extensive tours of the period, including the length and breadth of Italy, including Sicily, Ischia, Calabria and Puglia, the young Ashe died, presumably without having seen his father again, in Brussels in 1721.