The Ven. Charles Maxwell Woosnam MA (6 August 1856 – 7 May 1930) was Archdeacon of Macclesfield from 1893 to 1904. Woosnam was born in Bombay, the second son of Royal Horse Artillery Maj.-Gen. James Bowen Woosnam (1812 – 1877), of Bicknor Court, Coleford, Gloucestershire, and his wife Agnes, daughter of William Bell, of Bellbrook, Queen's County. His parents were both of landed gentry families; the Woosnam family were of Cefnllysgwynne,

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, Wales, originally of

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, and the Bell family of Pendell Court, Bletchingley, Surrey. Woosnam was educated at Repton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1880 and his first post was that of

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to the

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Mission to Seamen. He was Vicar of St Peter's,

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from 1881 to 1888; then

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of Kirby Wiske for a further two years. In 1890 he became

of the Mersey Mission to Seamen before his years as an

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. In 1905 he became Vicar of St Margaret's, Dunham Massey; and his final appointment was as

of Aberhafesp, a post he resigned in 1923. In 1886, Woosnam married Mary Seeley, daughter of Hilton Philipson. Their son, also

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, was a well-known sportsman.''Obituary Mr. Max Woosnam'' '' The Times'' (London, England), Friday, 16 Jul 1965; pg. 18; Issue 56375

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1856 births 1930 deaths Christian clergy from Mumbai People educated at Repton School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Archdeacons of Macclesfield {{York-archdeacon-stub