Charles Bridges

Charles Bridges (24 March 1794 – 2 April 1869) was an Anglican preacher and theologian, and a leader of that denomination's Evangelical Party.

Education and ministry Educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1817 and served from 1823 to 1849 as vicar of Old Newton, Suffolk.

In 1849, he became vicar of Weymouth, Dorset, later serving as vicar of Hinton Martell, Dorset (c. 1857). Bridges participated (with J. C. Ryle) in the Clerical Conference at Weston-super-Mare of 1858, and also participated in the consecration of the Bishop of Carlisle in York Minster in 1860.

Literary works At least twenty-four editions of Bridges' Exposition of Psalm 119 (1827) were published in his lifetime.