Hamilton Verschoyle

A “judicious, but by no means a brilliant preacher”,Hamilton Verschoyle (1803–1870)was a 19th-century Irish Anglican bishop of Dutch ancestry.

He was educated at Oswestry School and Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1829. His first post was that of Curate at Newtownforbes after which he was the incumbent at the Episcopal Chapel, Upper Baggot Street in Dublin. Promoted to be the Chancellor of Dublin Cathedral he also served on its Diocesan Education Board and was later Dean of Ferns before appointment to the episcopate as the third Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh. His wife Catherine survived him by thirteen years.