Charles Este

Charles Este, (1696–1745), was bishop of Ossory (1735–1740) and subsequently of Waterford and Lismore (1740–1745).^[1]

Born at Whitehall,^[2] the son of Michael Este,^[3] and educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, he distinguished the latter as joint editor of Carmina quadragesimalia ab aedis Christi alumnis composita…, 1723 (and subsequent editions), to which he himself contributed.^[3][4]

Receiving the patronage of Archbishop Boulter of Armagh whom he served as chaplain from 1724, he moved to Ireland and was collated to the rectory of Derrynoose on 9 Jan 1926.^[3] He married Susanna Clements in May 1725^[5] and was subsequently raised to the archdeaconry of Armagh in 1730^[6] and to the chancellorshop of Armagh in 1733.^[3] He was nominated in January 1736 to become bishop of Ossory and was consecrated in February 1737. Subsequently he moved to become bishop of Waterford and Lismore on 18 July 1744.^[3]

He restored the (former) bishop's palace at Kilkenny which had become derelict by 1661,^[7] installing notably a double staircase and was largely responsible, commissioning the architect Richard Castle, for the design (Italianate windows) of the former bishop's palace at Waterford.

He died on 2 December 1745.

References

1. The gentleman's magazine, and historical chronicle. E. Cave. 1829. pp. 643–. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
2. Richard Mant (1840). History of the Church of Ireland: From the revolution to the union of the Churches of England and Ireland, January 1, 1801; with a catalogue of the Archbishops and Bishops, continued to November, 1840; and a notice of the alterations made in the hierarchy by the act of 3 and 4 William IV., Chap. 37. John W. Parker. pp. 785–. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
3. Joseph Welch (1852). The list of the Queen's scholars of St. Peter's college, Westminster: admitted on that foundation since 1633; and of such as have been thence elected to Christ church, Oxford, and Trinity college, Cambridge, from the foundation by Queen Elizabeth, 1561, to the present time. To which is prefixed, a list of deans of Westminster, and of Christ church, Oxford; the masters of Trinity college, Cambridge; and the masters of Westminster school. G.W. Ginger. pp. 266–. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
4. Charles Este; Christ Church (University of Oxford); Antonius Parsons (1723). Carmina quadragesimalia ab aedis Christi, Oxon. alumnis composita et ab ejusdem aedis Baccalaureis determinantibus in schola naturalis philosophiae publice recitata. e Theatro Sheldoniano. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
5. A. P. W. Malcolmson (2005). Nathaniel Clements: government and the governing elite in Ireland, 1725-75. Four Courts. ISBN 978-1-85182-913-2. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
6. Henry Cotton (May 2008). Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. READ BOOKS. pp. 284–. ISBN 978-1-4097-0311-2. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
7. Brian De Breffny; Rosemary Ffolliott (17 March 1975). The houses of Ireland: domestic architecture from the medieval castle to the Edwardian villa. Viking Press. Retrieved 16 July 2010.