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The Right Reverend

Charles Wordsworth
Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
ChurchScottish Episcopal Church
DioceseSt Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
Elected30 November 1852
In office1853–1892
PredecessorPatrick Torry
SuccessorGeorge Wilkinson
Orders
Ordination13 December 1840
by Charles Sumner
Consecration25 January 1853
by William Skinner
RankBishop
Personal details
Born(1806-08-22)22 August 1806
Lambeth, London, England
Died5 December 1892(1892-12-05) (aged 86)
St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
BuriedEastern Cemetery, St Andrews
NationalityEnglish
DenominationAnglican
ParentsChristopher Wordsworth & Priscilla Lloyd
SpouseCharlotte Day (1835–1839)
Katherine Mary Barter (1846–1892)
Children13
Alma materChrist 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.

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