Venn
Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Mar. 26, 1810. [S. of the Rev. George (1769), V. of Tuxford, Notts. (and Anne, dau. of Peter Dollond (for whom see D.N.B.)). B. Sept. 7, 1793, at Tuxford. School, Charterhouse.] ' Matric. Michs. 1811; Browne medal, 1811; Scholar, 1812; Davies Scholar, 1813; Chancellor's English medal, 1813; Browne medal, 1814; B.A. 1815; Members' prize, 1816; M.A. 1818. Fellow, 1818; Junior Bursar, 1828-30. D.D., Durham, 1840. P.C. of St Mary-the-Great, Cambridge, 1833. V. of Masham and Kirkby-Malzeard, Yorks., 1833-40. Preb. of Chichester, 1833-40. Dean of Durham, 1840-69. Warden of Durham University, 1862-9. Travelled widely. An original member of the Athenaeum Club. Author, A visit to Greece; The present condition and prospects of the Greek or Oriental Church; History of the Church from the earliest ages to the Reformation; A History of the Reformation on the Continent; Lectures on National Education, etc. Died, unmarried, July 20, 1869, at Durham. In 1870 his two sisters gave the University ;3000 to found the Waddington Classical Scholarship in memory of him and his brother Horace (1815). (Clergy List; Burke, L.G.; Crockford; D.N.B.; Boase, III. 1119.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1825 | Ordi(ordination) | Waddington, George | / | deacon | View |
| 1825 | Subsc | Waddington, George | / | View | |
| 1825 | Ordi(ordination) | Waddington, George | / | priest | View |
| 1833 | Appt(collation) | Waddington, George | Chichester Cathedral / Prebend of Ferring | Prebendary | View |
| 1833 | Appt(Licensing) | Waddington, George | St Mary the Great, Cambridge / | not given | View |
| 1833 | Appt(Resignation) | Waddington, George | St Mary the Great, Cambridge / | Perpetual Curate | View |