Edward Synge
General information▶Date of birth: (bapt) 18 October 1801 Place of birth: Chester, Cheshire ▶Father: Francis Synge Mother: Elizabeth Hatch ▶Spouse(s): Emily Date(s) of marriage: 25 November 1834 Place(s) of marriage: St Mary’s Church, Cheltenham ▶Occupation: Clergyman (Church of Ireland) ▶Lifestory: The Revd. Edward Synge was born, of Irish descent, in Chester, Cheshire and was appointed to clerical posts both in Ireland and in England, finally becoming Incumbent of Matlock in Derbyshire. He was baptised on 18 October 1798, the second son of Francis Synge, and his wife Elizabeth (née Hatch). He was educated at Eton College (he was listed in the Upper School Remove in 1814) before matriculating at Trinity College, Dublin in 1816, BA 1820, MA 1832. In 1834, as Rector of Kilkerrin, (diocese of Tuam, Co. Galway), he was married to Emily, daughter of Sir Richard Steele, Bart., of Dublin, by Francis Close, the Incumbent of St Mary’s Church, Cheltenham; the couple had one son and one daughter. They must have returned to Ireland by the mid 1840s, as their two children Emily and Francis were both born there. He arrived back in Cheltenham, staying in North Place near Pittville, in 1836. In 1837 he resigned as Rector of Kilkerrin. Back in England, in 1841 Synge lived at Upton, near Tor, in Devon, where he sold his house auction and in the same year lived briefly with his wife Emily and children Emily (5) and Francis (4) at 14 (now 65) Pittville Lawn, in Cheltenham; while he was there he took out a subscription to the rides and walks in Pittville Park. In 1848 Synge was appointed Curate of St Andrew’s, Clifton, Bristol, and simultaneously from 1851 he served as Curate of the Doury Chapel in Clifton. By 1851 the family was living at 16 York Place, Clifton. He was presented with his final office, as Incumbent of Trinity Church, Matlock, in Derbyshire, in 1853, where he threw himself into the life of the town, becoming President of the Literary Institute. In 1857 he was knocked over with his wife by a horse and cart driven at a furious gallop by a local baker’s servant, and in 1859 he relinquished his Incumbency through ill health and returned to Ireland. Synge had latterly lived at Glenmore, Co. Wicklow, but moved to Palermo, near Bray, Co. Wicklow, where he died in late 1859, aged sixty-one; he was buried at Killiskey Church, Nun’s Cross, Co. Wicklow. His estate in England at death was valued at under £600. [He should not be confused with another Revd. Edward Synge, who attended Trinity College, Dublin several years after him, and also worked in England.] ▶Moved to Pittville from: Upton, Devon Moved from Pittville to: (uncertain) ▶Date of death: 2 October 1859 Place of death: Palermo, Bray, Co. Dublin, Ireland ▶Date of burial: 1859 Place of burial: Killiskey Parich Church, Nun’s Cross, Co. Wicklow, Ireland ▶Notes: ID: 1155 Contributor(s): John Simpson
Found 4 family members on the Pittville History Works Database (based on “relation to head” in the 1841-1911 census records and 1939 register records) Edward Synge, Emily Synge, Emily Synge, Francis Synge |