Edmund Goodenough
Edmund Goodenough (1786–1845) was an English churchman, dean of Wells from 1831.
Life
Goodenough was the youngest son of
Having taken orders, Goodenough became tutor and censor of Christ Church, and in 1810 was appointed curate of
In 1819 Goodenough was appointed headmaster of Westminster School and subalmoner to the king, in succession to William Page. On 23 June 1824 he was made a prebendary of York, on 22 April 1826 a prebendary of Carlisle, and on 1 June 1827 a prebendary of Westminster. In 1828 he retired from the headmastership, and was succeeded by Richard Williamson. Towards the end of Goodenough's rule the numbers of the school had steadily declined. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1824;[1] he was chosen for its council in 1828.
On 6 September 1831 he was nominated dean of Wells, in the place of the Hon.
Works
He published the following sermons:
- 'A Sermon [on 1 Cor. xiv. 33] preached at ... Lambeth [12 Nov. 1820], at the Consecration of ... W. Carey, ... Bishop of Exeter,' London, 1821.
- 'A Sermon [on Deut. xxxiii. 9] preached ... [13 May 1830] at the Festival of the Sons of the Clergy,' &c., London, 1830.
3. 'A Sermon [on Luke xii. 47 and part of 48] preached in the Abbey Church, Bath [24 Jan. 1832] at the Anniversary Meeting of the Bath Diocesan Association of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel,' &c., London, 1832.
Family
He married, on 31 May 1821, Frances, daughter of Samuel Pepys Cockerell of Westbourne House, Paddington, by whom he had the sons James Graham Goodenough and William Howley Goodenough besides many other children. His widow died of cholera at Málaga on 5 August 1855, and was buried there.
References
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10965. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Goodenough, Edmund". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.