Thomas Stopford

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Thomas Stopford was Bishop of Cork and RossYork Herald Saturday, 2 March 1805; Issue 768. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II from 1794 and died in post on 24 January 1805."Handbook of British Chronology" By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 {{ISBN|0-521-56350-X}}, 9780521563505

He was the son of the first Earl of Courtown. He was Rector of Kiltinel and served as Dean of Killaloe from 1781 to 1787 before being appointed Dean of Ferns in 1787.{{cite book |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=r5YAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA74 | title = Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the Prelates and ..., Volume 2 By Henry Cotton| page = 347| accessdate = 2012-02-11| last1 = Cotton| first1 = Henry| date = 1848}} In 1790 he was made second chaplain to John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland.The Times Tuesday, 26 January 1790; pg. 3; Issue 1587; col E The Earl of Westmoreland has appointed the Hon. and Rev. Thomas Stopford, Dean of Ferns as his second chaplain

In 1794 he was elevated to the episcopacy as Bishop of Cork and Ross.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}