(Dr Robert), a prelate of great learning, of distinguished worth and probity, and a respectable member of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies at London, was advanced to the bishopric of Killala, Jan. 23, 1729; translated to the see of Cork, Dec. 19, 1735; to that of Clogher, Aug. 26, 1745; and died much lamented, Feb. 25, 1758. His publications are, 1. A Letter in the Philosophical Transactions, no. 461, p. 813, giving an account of a Frenchman 70 years old (at Athlone, in his diocese of Connaught), who said he gave suck to a child.—2. The Chronology of the Hebrew Bible vindicated, &c. 1751, 4to.—3. An impartial Inquiry into the Time of the Coming of the Messiah; 1751, 8vo.—4. An Essay on Spirit, 1751, 8vo.—5. A Vindication of the Histories of the Old and New Testament, in Answer to the Objections of the late lord Bolingbroke: in Two Letters to a young Nobleman, 1752, 8vo, reprinted in 1753.—6. A defence of the Essay on Spirit, with Remarks on the several pretended Answers; and which may serve as an Antidote against all that shall ever appear against it, 1753, 8vo.—7. A Journal from Grand Cairo to Mount Sinai, and back again, translated from a Manuscript written by the Prefetto of Egypt, in Company with some Missionaries de propaganda fide at Grand Cairo: to which are added, Remarks on the Origin of Hieroglyphics, and the Mythology of the ancient Heathens, 1753, 8vo, two editions 4to and 8vo. It was soon after this publication that his Lordship became (in March 1754) a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.—8. Some Thoughts on Self-love, Innate Ideas, Free-will, Taste, Sentiments, Liberty, and Necessity, &c. occasioned by reading Mr Hume's Works, and the short Treatise written in French by Lord Bolingbroke on Compassion, 1754, 8vo.—9. A Vindication of the Histories of the Old and New Testament, Part II., Adorned with several Explanatory Cuts, 1754, 8vo.—10. Letters between the bishop of Clogher and Mr William Penn, concerning Baptism, 1755, 8vo.—11. A Speech made in the House of Lords in Ireland, on Monday, Feb. 2, 1756, for omitting the Ni...