Henry Essex Edgeworth de Firmont [Abbé Edgeworth]

(1745-1807)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Edgeworth de Firmont, Henry Essex, 1745-1807 DNB: Edgeworth [later Edgeworth de Firmont], Henry Essex (1745–1807), Roman Catholic priest and confessor to Louis XVI LBT ID: HeEdgew1807 VIAF ID: 9870101 LOC ID: n85204726	B/BAP: 1745 DIED: 1807-05-22
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The son of Robert Edgeworth, rector of Edgeworthstown; raised in France, he was a Roman Catholic priest and confessor to Louis XVI.
REFERENCES TO Henry Essex Edgeworth de Firmont [Abbé Edgeworth]: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch XV. 1820-1821 Found 1: ¶ 19 Sydney Smith to Mary Berry, 28 January 1843 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 4 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1843