Samuel Kyle (bishop)

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific_prefix = The Right Reverend

| name = Samuel Kyle

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| order = 26th

| office = Provost of Trinity College Dublin

| term_start = 1 August 1820

| term_end = 30 July 1831

| predecessor = Thomas Elrington

| successor = Bartholomew Lloyd

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1770|3|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Derry, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1848|5|18|1770|3|5|df=y}}

| death_place = Westminster, London, England

| party = Tory

| spouse =

| children = Samuel

| education =

| alma_mater = Trinity College Dublin

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|}}

Samuel Kyle (5 March 1770 – 18 May 1848) was an Irish bishop of the Church of Ireland who served as the 26th Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1820 to 1831.

Early and personal life

Kyle was born in Derry in 1770. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin. His eldest son, Samuel Moore Kyle, became Archdeacon of Cork.

Career

He was Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1820 to 1831,"A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.M.; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F: By Theodore William Moody, Francis X. Martin, Francis John Byrne, Art Cosgrove: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-821745-5}} Bishop of Cork and Ross from 1831 to 1835"Handbook of British Chronology" By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E.; Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 {{ISBN|0-521-56350-X}}, 9780521563505 and Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross from then until his death on 18 May 1848.The Times, Saturday, 20 May 1848; pg. 8; Issue 19868; col F