DODGSON, CHARLES, eldest son of Charles Dodgson, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Capt., 4th Dragoon Guards, and Lucy, sister of James Deacon Hume (qv); b. 2 Nov 1800; adm. 14 Jan 1811; KS (Capt. ) 1814; Capt. of the School 1817; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1818, matr. 5 May 1818, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Mathematics and 1st cl. Classics 1821; BA 1822; MA 1824; ordained deacon 1823, priest 1824; Perpetual Curate, Daresbury, Cheshire 27 Mar 1827-43; Examining Chaplain to Charles Thomas Longley (qv), Bishop of Ripon, 1836-56; Rector of Croft, Yorks., 9 Jun 1843; Canon Residentiary of Ripon from 18 Dec 1852; Archdeacon of Richmond from 7 Jun 1854; author, The Controversy of Faith, 1850, and other works; m. 5 Apr 1827 his cousin Frances Jane, dau. of Charles Lutwidge, Holmrook, Cumberland, by whom he was the father of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (“Lewis Carroll”), the author and mathematician; d. 21 Jun 1868.
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- https://collections.westminster.org.uk/index.php/college-1