The Right Reverend Charles Wordsworth | |
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Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane | |
Church | Scottish Episcopal Church |
Diocese | St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane |
Elected | 30 November 1852 |
In office | 1853–1892 |
Predecessor | Patrick Torry |
Successor | George Wilkinson |
Orders | |
Ordination | 13 December 1840 by Charles Sumner |
Consecration | 25 January 1853 by William Skinner |
Rank | Bishop |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 5 December 1892 St Andrews, Fife, Scotland | (aged 86)
Buried | Eastern Cemetery, St Andrews |
Nationality | English |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | Christopher Wordsworth & Priscilla Lloyd |
Spouse | Charlotte Day (1835–1839) Katherine Mary Barter (1846–1892) |
Children | 13 |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Charles Wordsworth (22 August 1806 – 5 December 1892)[1] was Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane in Scotland. He was a classical scholar, and taught at public schools in England and Scotland. He was a rower, cricketer, and athlete and he instigated both the University cricket match in 1826 and the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race in 1829.