Arthur Champagne

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Arthur Champagne (18 August 1713 – 7 May 1799) was an Anglican priest in Ireland during the 18th century.[http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie:8080/LandedEstates/jsp/estate-show.jsp?id=1455 NUI Galway]

Champagne was born in Queen's County (now County Laois) and educated at Trinity College, Dublin."Alumni Dublinenses Supplement p146: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860) Burtchaell, G.D/Sadlier, T.U: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 He was appointed a prebendary of Kildare Cathedral in 1741"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p259: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 and Vicar of Mullingar a year later. He was Dean of Clonmacnoise from 1761 until his death."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p145: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878

Through his daughter Jane Paget (née Champagné), and her son Henry Paget, he is an ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales, and her sons, William, Prince of Wales and Harry, Duke of Sussex.