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1790–1870
An Anglican clergyman and religious writer from 19th-century England, he combined church leadership with a strong interest in reform. His surviving works show a thoughtful, outspoken voice in debates about the Church of England.
by C. N. (Charles Nourse) Wodehouse
by C. N. (Charles Nourse) Wodehouse
Born in Norfolk in 1790, Charles Nourse Wodehouse was the son of the Rev. Philip Wodehouse and Apollonia Nourse. He later married Lady Dulcibella Jane Hay, linking him to the Erroll family, and they had several children.
Wodehouse is chiefly remembered as a senior Church of England clergyman who served as Archdeacon of Norwich. Contemporary records and memorial information also connect him with Norwich Cathedral and with St Margaret's, King's Lynn, reflecting a long career in ecclesiastical life in Norfolk.
He also published religious and church-reform writing. Works associated with him include A Petition to the House of Lords for Ecclesiastical Improvements (1832) and What Is the Meaning of Subscription?, which suggest a writer engaged with the practical and doctrinal questions facing the Church of England in his day. He died in March 1870, aged 79.