Life
?-1678; Bishop of Limerick, 1661 and later of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross;
also Edward Synge, his son (1659-1741), ed. Oxon., TCD; Bishop of Tuam
and Privy Councillor, 1716; opposed the Toleration Bill, 1719; also George,
br. of Edward (1594-1653), bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross; nominated
for see of Tuam, but failed to obtain possession because of the war; engaged
in controversy with John Toland, to whom he wrote replies in 1697 and
1698. RR ODNB
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Criticism
Richard Ryan, Biographia Hibernica: Irish Worthies (1821), Vol.
II, p,589-91.
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References
S. C. Hughes, The Church of S. Werburgh Dublin (1899), lists
Edward Synge, Chancellor of St. Patrick’s Cath., 1705-1714, and Edward
Synge, his son, Chancellor, 1727-30. The original home of the family was
Bridgenorth, and their name is said to have been changed from Millington
alone, because of the skill of an ancestor in vocal singing. The former
ed. Christ Church, Oxon., grad. 1677; Dublin DD; rector of Laracor, Meath,
1682; Prependary of Holy Trinity, Cork, 1686; rector of Templetrine, Cork,
and Chancellor of S. Patrick’s, 1705; Bishop of Raphoe, 1714; Archb.
of Tuam, 1716; buried beneath capital of the ancient cross; Synge motto,
Coelestia Canimus [chk].
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