HISTORY. 
John Hartstonge succeeded 1713, died 1716. He was the son of Sir Standish Hartstonge, 
one of the harons of the exchequer in Ireland, was born at Catten, near Norwich in EnD-land* 
1st of December, 1659, and educated at the schools of Charleville and Kilkenny, from thelatter 
of which he was admitted into Trinity College, Dublin, and thence sent to Gonvill and Caius 
college, Cambridge. Here he took his degree of Master of Arts in 1680, and was unanimously elected 
a fellow in 1681. He was soon after made chaplain to James duke of Ormond, then lord lieutenant 
of Ireland, and after his death in 1686, to his grandson, to whom he was indebted for his 
promotions. He was raised from the archdeaconry of Limerick to the see of Ossory, at the 
instance of his patron, by King William, by letters patent dated the 8th of April, 1693, and was 
consecrated in Christ’s Church, Dublin, by Francis, archbishop of Dublin, assisted by the bishops 
of Meath, Kildare, Elphin, and Waterford and Lismore. From Ossory he was translated, by 
letters patent dated the 3d of March, 1713, and died in Dublin the 30th of January, 1716. 
St. Geoige Ashe succeeded 1716, died 1717. This prelate was born in the county of 
Roscommon, in the year 1658, and educated at the university of Dublin, of which he became a 
a fellow in 1679, and provost in 1692. He was successively promoted to the sees of Cloyne 
1695, Clogher, 1697, and Derry, by letters patent dated the 25th of February, 1716, and died in 
Dublin on the 27th of February, 1717, where he was buried in Christ’s Church. He was a man 
of learning and a member of the Royal Society, to the transactions of which he contributed some 
papers.^ He bequeathed all his mathematical books to the college of Dublin. 
William Nicholson, D.D., (or as he usually wrote it himself, “ Nicolson”), succeeded 
1718, resigned 1726. This distinguished prelate was born at Orton, in Cumberland, educated 
in Queen’s College, Oxford, and was first vicar of Torpenhoe, 17th of November, 1681, collated 
to the first stall in the cathedral of Carlisle, 13th of October, 1682; to the archdeaconry and 
bishopric of which he succeeded, and was translated to Derry by letters patent, dated the 2nd of 
May, 1718, and on the 28th of January, to the archbishopric of Cashel, and died suddenly in 
Derry the month following. Doctor Nicholson was a man of literary and antiquarian taste, and 
published, among other works, the English, Scotch, and Irish Historical Library, a useful and 
meritorious performance for its time. He is said to have built an apartment near his garden at 
Derry, for the preservation of the manuscripts and records relating to the see. 
Henry Downs succeeded 1726; died 1734. This prelate, who was first minister of the 
church of Barrington, in Northamptonshire, was promoted to the bishopric of Killaloe, by letters 
patent, dated the 1st of February, 1716, translated to Elphin, in 1720, from Ephin to Meath, in 
1724, and thence to Derry, the 8th of February, 1726. He died on the 14th of January, 1734, 
and was buried on the 16th, in Saint Mary’s Church, Dublin. He left by his will £20 to the 
poor of Derry. 
Thomas Rundle, LL.D., succeeded 1734; died 1742. He was presented 22d January, 
1 721, to the first stall in Durham ; 22d November, 1722, removed to the 12th. He was trea¬ 
surer of Salisbury, and archdeacon of Wilts. With this stall he was made rector of Sedgfield. He 
was promoted to the see of Derry by letters patent, dated the 17th July, 1735, by —— Talbot, 
lord chancellor of England, to whom he had been chaplain, and was consecrated in the church of 
Dunboyne, on the 3d of August following, by Hugh, archbishop of Armagh, assisted by the bi¬ 
shops of Meath, Kilmore, and Ardagh. He died in Dublin on the 15th of April, 1742, and was 
buried in St. Peter’s church-yard at the north side, where a stately monument has been erected 
to his memory. 
Carew Reynell succeeded 1742; died, 1745. This prelate was translated from Down and 
Connor, by letters patent, dated the 16th of May, 1742, and died the 1st of January, 1744. He 
had been chancellor of the cathedral of Bristol, and chaplain to the Duke of Devonshire, lord 
lieutenant of Ireland, by whose interest he was promoted to these sees. 
George Stone succeeded 1745; translated 1746. He was first promoted to the see of Ferns, 
by letters patent, the 5th of June, 1740, and consecrated at Chapelizod, by the archbishop of 
Dublin. On the 3d of August, 1742, he was translated to Kildare, installed dean of Christ’s 
Church, 15th of June, 1743, and translated to Derry by letters patent, dated the 11th of May, 
1745. He was thence translated to the primacy of Armagh, by letters patent, the 13th of March, 
1746, died in London the 19th of December, 1764, and was buried in Westminster-Abbey. 
William Barnard succeeded 1746, ob. 1768. Doctor Barnard, prebendary of Westminster, 
was made dean of Rochester in 1743, and promoted to the see of Raphoe by letters patent, dated 
the 26th of June, 1744. He was consecrated at Saint Michael’s Church, Dublin, August the 
19th, and translated to Derry by letters patent, dated the 19th of March, 1746. He died in 
London, 10th January, 1768, aged 72, and was buried on the 17th, in Saint Peter’s Abbey, 
Westminster. A monument was erected to him in Islips chapel. He was a man of distinguished 
piety and virtue. 
Frederick Hervey succeeded 1768, died 1803. Frederick Hervey, 4th earl of Bristol, was the 
third son of John lord Hervey, whose father John was created baron Hervey of Ickworth, in the 
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