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Boulter, detail of a portrait attributed to Francis Bindon; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Boulter, detail of a portrait attributed to Francis Bindon; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Hugh Boulter

archbishop of Armagh
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Jan. 4, 1672, London
Died:
Sept. 27, 1742, London (aged 70)
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Hugh Boulter (born Jan. 4, 1672, London—died Sept. 27, 1742, London) was an English archbishop of Armagh and virtual ruler of Ireland at the height of the 18th-century Protestant Ascendancy, when Ireland was dominated by members of the established Anglican Church of Ireland. Boulter was ordained priest in the Anglican Church and in 1719 became chaplain to King George I. In 1724 he reluctantly accepted appointment as archbishop of Armagh and primate of the Church of Ireland. Appointed lord justice, he became the English government’s chief adviser in Ireland. Boulter based his policies on the conviction that England’s interests in ...(100 of 181 words)

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