Charles Wordsworth , 2nd son. Issue. Venn's entry reads: WORDSWORTH, CHARLES College: Entered: 1825 Born: Aug. 22, 1806 Died: M.A. 1833, incorp. from Oxford. [2nd s. of Dr Christopher (1791), Master of Trinity. B. Aug. 22, 1806, in Lambeth. Schools, Sevenoaks and Harrow; played in the first Eton and Harrow cricket match, 1822, and in the first Winchester and Harrow match, 1825.] Matric. from Christ Church, Oxford, July 8, 1825; B.A. (Oxford) 1830; M.A. (Oxford), 1832; D.C.L. (Oxford) 1853. Ord. deacon (Oxford), 1834; priest, 1840. Second Master at Winchester, 1835-45; Warden of Trinity College, Glenalmond, 1846-54. Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1852-92. Married (1) Dec. 29, 1835, Charlotte, dau. of the Rev. George Day, of Earsham, Norfolk, and had one daughter; (2) Oct. 28, 1846, Katharine Mary, eldest dau. of the Rev. W. B. Barter, R. of Burghclere, Hants., and had 12 children. Author, religious and ecclesiastical. Died Dec. 5, 1892, at St Andrews; buried in the Cathedral. Brother of Christopher (1825) and John (1823). (D.N.B.; Al. Oxon.)
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