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 , Thomas Rudge the younger entered Merton College, Oxford , on 7 April 1770 at aged 16. He graduated with a B.A. degree in 1780. St. Rudge received a master's degree from Worcester College, Oxford in 1783 and a B.D. in 1784.
Rudge was appointed rector of St. Michael's Church and St. Mary-de-Grace Church, Gloucester. With the support of Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke , Rudge became vicar of Haresfield , Gloucestershire .[2]
In 1814, Rudge was appointed archdeacon of Gloucester . In 1817, he was made chancellor of the diocese of Hereford .
Rudge died in 1825.[2]
Works
Rudge published:[1] [2]
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, from the earliest period to the present time: &c. , 1811.
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Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Lee, Sidney , ed. (1897). "Rudge, Thomas ". Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co.