Charles Clerke (priest)

Caricature of Charles Clerke and William Jacobson

Charles Carr Clerke (December 30, 1798 - December 24, 1877) was Archdeacon of Oxford from March 9, 1830, until his death.[1] He also served as rector of Milton, Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire) from 1836 to 1875, Canon of Christ Church from 1845 until his death, and Sub-Dean of Christ Church from 1853 until his death.[2]

The son of Sir William Henry Clerke,[3] he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, matriculating in 1814 at age 15; and graduating B.A. in 1818, M.A. in 1821, B.D. in 1830, canon and D.D. 1847.[4] He was the author of a large number of visitation sermons and addresses, as well as devotional texts and treatises on ecclesiastical law. Clerke was a sponsor of the Library of the Fathers.[5]

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1. ^ University Intelligence The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Dec 25, 1877; pg. 7; Issue 29134
2. ^ Project Canterbury
3. ^ "Classical Victorians: Scholars, Scoundrels and Generals in Pursuit of Antiquity" Richardson,E p194: Cambridge, CUP, 2013 ISBN 978-1-107-02677-3
4. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Clerke, Charles Carr" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co - via Wikisource.
5. ^ Frederic Boase, Modern English Biography, (Netherton and Worth, 1892) p. 646

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Archdeacons of Oxford and of Dorchester

High Medieval|

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Late Medieval|

* Gilbert Segrave
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* John Southam
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Early modern|

* Walter Wright
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* William Bridges
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* Timothy Halton
* Humphrey Hody
* Timothy Goodwin
* William Baker
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* George Rye
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* George Turner
* Phineas Pett
* Charles Clerke

Late modern|

* Edwin Palmer
* Leslie Randall, Bishop of Reading
* Thomas Archer Houblon
* Edward Shaw, assistant bishop
* Gerald Allen, assistant bishop/Bishop of Dorchester
* Carlyle Witton-Davies
* Frank Weston
* John Morrison
* Julian Hubbard
* Hedley Ringrose (Acting)
* Judy French, assistant archdeacon
* Martin Gorick
* Jonathan Chaffey

Dorchester|

* Hedley Ringrose (Interim)
* Judy French
* David Tyler

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* Sarah Foot, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford
* Jonathan Chaffey, Archdeacon of Oxford
* Guy Elsmore, Archdeacon of Buckingham
* Stephen Pullin, Archdeacon of Berkshire
* David Tyler, Archdeacon of Dorchester

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* Deanery of Reading

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