Todd family genealogy

Of Ireland[1]

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O’Toghda (“togadh;” Irish, chosen, called), anglicised Todd, was chief of Bredach; a territory situated between Lough Foyle in Derry, and Lough Swilly, in Donegal, and which has given its name to the river “Bredach,” which falls into Lough Foyle.

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[1] Todd: We cannot help thinking that of this family were the late James Henthorn Todd, D.D., a distinguished author and antiquary, who was born in Dublin, on the 23rd April, 1805; and his younger brother, Robert Bentley Todd, M.D., F.R.S., who was born in Dublin in 1809, died at his residence in London, on the 30th January, 1860, and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.

The elder brother, James Henthorn Todd, D.D., graduated Bachelor of Arts, in Trinity College, Dublin, in 1825; obtained a Fellowship in 1831; was elected Regius Professor of Hebrew in the University, in 1849: and Librarian in 1852. He was elected Treasurer of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, in 1837; became a Member of the Royal Irish Academy, in 1833, was secretary from 1847 to 1855, and for five years from 1856 filled the office of President. He contributed largely to the literature of Ireland, and was in fact the sine qua non of every literary enterprise in Dublin. He died at Rathfarnham, county Dublin, on the 28th June, 1869, and was buried in St. Patrick’s Cathedral churchyard, where a Celtic cross marks his resting-place.