Charles Estcourt Boucher

The Venerable Charles Estcourt Boucher MA
Archdeacon of Loughborough
In office 1920–1921
Personal details
Born	8 June 1856
Died	24 February 1940
Spouse(s)	Louisa Mary née Wright

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The Venerable Charles Estcourt Boucher (1856–1940) ^[1] was an eminent Anglican priest in the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries.^[2][3]

Boucher was born on 8 June 1856 at Cheddleton and educated at Uppingham^[4] and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.^[5] He was ordained in 1879 and began his career as Curate at Northam, Devon^[6]after which he was Rector of Frolesworth, Lutterworth ^[7] and Master of Chief Baron Smith’s Almshouses from 1886 to 1923. An Honorary Canon of Peterborough from 1912 until 1937, he became the first Archdeacon of Loughborough in 1921.

Notes

1. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941 Obituaries section
2. ^ London Gazette
3. ^ “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
4. ^ Cricket Archive
5. ^ Boucher, Charles [Estcourt] in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
6. ^ Genuki
7. ^ Blains

Church of England titles
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Archdeacon of Loughborough 1920–1921	Succeeded by Percy Harris Bowers

Persondata
Name	Boucher, Charles Estcourt
Alternative names
Short description	Archdeacon of Loughborough
Date of birth	8 June 1856
Place of birth	Cheddleton
Date of death	24 February 1940
Place of death	St Leonards-on-Sea