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The Rt Rev Richard Marlay DD was Dean of Ferns from 1769 to 1787; and Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh from 1787 to 1795 when he was translated to Waterford and Lismore. He died in post on 1 July 1802.He was the son of Thomas Marlay Lord Chief Justice of Ireland and his wife Anne Delaune. Henry Grattan the noted statesman was his nephew.