Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wordsworth, Christopher

by Joseph Foster

Wordsworth, Christopher, created D.C.L. 22 June, 1870 (nephew of William Wordsworth, poet laureate, and 3rd son of Christopher, d.d., master of Trinity College, Cambridge, etc.), Craven scholar Trinity Coll., Cambridge, 1829, chancellor of England's medallist 1827-8, senior classic & B.A. 1830, fellow 1830-8, M.A. 1833, D.D. 1839, Hulsæan lecturer 1847-8, head-master Harrow School 1836-44, canon of Westminster 1844-69, and archdeacon 1865-9, vicar of Stanford-in-the-Vale, Berks, 1850-69, bishop of Lincoln 1869-85, died 20 March, 1885, father of John 1861.