Nathaniel Alexander (bishop)

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| honorific-prefix = The Rt Hon and Most RevDespite his title he is not an Archbishop but by tradition the Premier Bishop of Ireland > Debrett’s Correct Form Montague-Smith, P(Ed): London, Debrett’s,1992 {{ISBN|0-7472-0658-9}}

| name = Nathaniel Alexander

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| order = Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh

| term_start = 1802

| term_end = 1804

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| order2 = Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora"A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.M; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F:Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-821745-5}}

| term_start2 = May 1804

| term_end2 = November 1804

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| order3 = Bishop of Down and Connor

| term_start3 = 1804

| term_end3 = 1823

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| order4 = Bishop of Meath

| term_start4 = 1823

| term_end4 = 1840

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| spouse = Anne née Jackson

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Nathaniel Alexander (1760 – 21 October 1840), was an Anglican bishop in Ireland during the first half of the 19th century.Fasti Ecclesiae Hiberniae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Volume 4 Cotton, H Dublin, James Charles & son 1850

He was born in 1760 and educated at Harrow and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.{{acad|id= ALKR778N|name=Alexander, Nathaniel}} He was appointedThe Times, Friday, Mar 19, 1802; pg. 3; Issue 5369; col C Ecclesiastical News Bishop of Clonfert and KilmacduaghThe Aberdeen Journal (Aberdeen, Scotland), Wednesday, March 24, 1802; Issue 2828 in 1802 Fryde, E. B; Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|0-521-56350-X}}. and translated to Killaloe in 1804. Only six months later he became Bishop of Down and Connor.The Morning Chronicle (London, England), Wednesday, December 5, 1804; Issue 11091 He was translated for a third time to Meath“A history of the Diocese of Meath” Healy, J: Dublin, SPCK, 1908 in 1823.Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), Saturday, March 29, 1823; Issue 3648 A nephew of James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon; father of Robert Alexander, Archdeacon of Down from 1814 to 1828;"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Vol III" Cotton, H. pp233/4 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878 and uncle of William Alexander, Archbishop of Armagh from 1896 to 1911,"Fifty years ofDisestablishment" Patton, H: Dublin; APCK; 1922 he died in post on 21 October 1840.The Times, Saturday, Oct 24, 1840; pg. 3; Issue 17497; col C Death Of The Bishop Of Meath.-The Right Rev Nathaniel Alexander