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] The son of Thomas Rudge of Gloucester, Thomas Rudge the younger entered Merton College, Oxford, on 7 April 1770 at aged 16.
St. Rudge received a master's degree from Worcester College, Oxford in 1783 and a B.D.
With the support of Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, Rudge became vicar of Haresfield, Gloucestershire.
[2] Rudge published:[1][2] Attribution This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed.