Rev. Christopher Wordsworth , Venn's entry reads: WORDSWORTH, CHRISTOPHER College: TRINITY Entered: Michs. 1866 Born: Died: Jan. 30, 1938 Adm. pens. at TRINITY, June 19, 1865. [2nd] s. of the Ven. Christopher (above), Archdeacon of Westminster. B. [Mar. 26], 1848, in Westminster. School, Winchester. Matric. Michs. 1866; Scholar, 1867; Bell Scholar, 1867; B.A. 1870; Le Bas prize, 1871; M.A. 1873. Fellow of Peterhouse, 1870-8; Assistant Tutor and Dean. Ord. deacon (Ely), 1871; priest (Lincoln), 1872; C. of Alvechurch, Worcs., 1874-5. C. of St Giles, Cambridge, 1875-7. R. of Glaston, Rutland, 1877-89. R. of Steeple with Tyneham, Dorset, 1889-97, and R. of East Holme, 1890-7. R. of Marlborough, 1897-1911. Preb. of Lincoln, 1886-1911. Chancellor of Lincoln, 1917-28. Master of St Nicholas Hospital, Salisbury, 1895-1937. Preb. of Salisbury, 1911-38. Librarian of Salisbury Cathedral, 1913-36. Chancellor of Salisbury, 1917-38. Married, 1874, Mary, dau. of the Rev. Andrews Reeve, V. of Kimmeridge, Dorset. An eminent liturgiologist. Author, Social Life at the English Universities in the 18th Century; Scholae Academicae; Some Account of the English Universities in the 18th Century; Mediaeval Services in England; Lincoln Cathedral Statutes; Ceremonies and Processions of the Cathedral Church of Salisbury; Ordinale Sarum; Statutes and Customs of the Cathedral Church of Salisbury. Died Jan. 30, 1938, at Salisbury. Father of William A. (1900) and the next. (Winchester Coll. Reg.; T. A. Walker, 537; Crockford; The Times, Feb. 1, 1938; Whowas Who.)
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