Thomas Rudge

Thomas Rudge (baptised 1753 – 1825) was an English churchman, topographer and antiquarian, Archdeacon of Gloucester from 1814, and chancellor of the diocese of Hereford from 1817.^[1]

Life

The son of Thomas Rudge of Gloucester, he matriculated at Merton College, Oxford, on 7 April 1770, aged 16. He graduated B.A. in 1780, and proceeded M.A. from Worcester College in 1783 and B.D. in 1784. He was appointed rector of St. Michael's and St. Mary-de-Grace, Gloucester, and, on the presentation of the Earl of Hardwicke, vicar of Haresfield.^[2]

Rudge died in 1825.^[2]

Works

Rudge published:^[2][1]

• The History of the County of Gloucester, compressed and brought down to the year 1803, 2 vols., Gloucester, 1803.
• A General View of the Agriculture of the County of Gloucester, 1807.
• The History and Antiquities of Gloucester, 1811.

Notes

1. Herbert, Nicholas. "Rudge, Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24252. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
2.  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). "Rudge, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). "Rudge, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co.