Stockport, on 23 May 1833. At Stockport he rendered an important service to congregationalism by introducing Sunday schools in connection with their churches. He also conducted a government enquiry into the distress in the town, the results of which were published in a blue-book.
In 1846 he removed to Southwark, to Union Street chapel, the oldest congregational church in the country. He found it in great financial difficulties, which at one time threatened to disperse the congregation, but which he eventually overcame. In 1864 a new building was opened, erected as a memorial to the 'pilgrim fathers,' several of whom had belonged to the congregation. The charge of so ancient a church stimulated Waddington's interest, which he began assiduously to study. In 1854 he published 'John Penry: the Pilgrim Martyr' (London, 8vo), and in 1861 a more general treatise on 'Congregational Martyrs' (London, 8vo), intended to form part of a series of 'Historical Papers,' which, however, were not continued. The work reached a second edition in the following year. This was followed in 1862 by an essay on 'Congregational Church History from the Reformation to 1662,' London, 8vo, a work which had great popularity, and obtained the bicentenary prize offered by the congregational union. In 1866 he published 'Surrey Congregational History,' London, 8vo, in which he dealt more particularly with the records of his own congregation. In 1869 he began the issue of his great work on 'Congregational History,' which occupied the latter part of his life. It was completed to 1850 in five volumes, was compiled with great labour and research, and is the most comprehensive treatise on any English body of nonconformists. Waddington died on 24 Sept. 1880. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from the university of Williamstown, U.S.A.
Besides the works mentioned he was the author of:
- 'Emmaus, or Communion with the Saviour at Eventide,' London, 1846, 16mo.
- 'The American Crisis in relation to Slavery,' London, 1862, 8vo,
- 'Track of the Hidden Church,' Boston, Mass. 1863, 12mo.
He also edited 'The Life of a Vagrant,' London, 1850, 8vo, an autobiography written by Josiah Basset.
[Men of the Time, 1879; Congregational Yearbook, 1881.]
WADDINGTON, SAMUEL FERRAND (fl. 1790–1812), politician, born in 1759 at Walkeringham in Nottinghamshire, was educated at a German university and bred to commerce. He engaged in the hop trade, and resided near Tunbridge in Kent. On the outbreak of the French revolution he strongly espoused the cause of the republicans, and in 1795 was chairman of several meetings in London held for the purpose of petitioning the crown and parliament to make peace with France. In consequence of his views he was expelled from the Surrey troop of light horse. In 1706 he attacked Burke in a pamphlet entitled 'Remarks on Mr. Burke's Two Letters "on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France,"' London, 12mo, censuring him for applying the term 'regicide' to the directory. In 1800 he was brought to trial for forestalling hops, having purchased a large number of hop-grounds with a view to controlling the price of their produce. He was found guilty, fined 500l., and sentenced to one month's imprisonment. He continued to reside in Kent, and in the borough of Southwark, until 1812. The date of his death is uncertain.
Besides the pamphlet mentioned and 'The Metaphysic of Man,' a translation from the German of J. C. Goldbeck (London, 1806, 8vo), Waddington was the author of:
- 'Letter to Thomas Erskine on the Subject of Forestalling Hops,' London, 1799, 8vo.
- 'An Appeal to British Hop Planters,' London, 1805, 8vo.
- 'The Critical Moment,' London, 1805, 8vo.
- 'Three Letters to that Greatest of Political Apostates George Tierney,' London, 1806, 8vo.
- 'A Letter to the Lord Mayor on Matters of the highest Importance to a Free People,' London, 1810, 8vo.
- 'The Oriental Exposition, presenting to the United Kingdom an open Trade to India and China,' London, 1811, 8vo.
- 'A Key to a Delicate Investigation,' London, 1812, 8vo, published under the name of 'Esculapius.'
- 'An Address to the People of the United Kingdom,' London, 1812, 8vo, published under the name of 'Algernon Sydney.'
[Dictionary of Living Authors, 1816; Trial of Samuel Ferrand Waddington, 1800; Pantheon of the Age, 1825, iii. 572; Ann. Register 1797 ii. 35, 1798 ii. 1, 1800 ii. 25, 1801 ii. 2, 5.]
WADE or WAAD, ARMAGIL (d. 1568), 'The English Columbus.' [See Waad.]
WADE, Sir CLAUDE MARTINE (1794–1861), colonel, son of Lieutenant-colonel Joseph Wade (d. 1809) of the Bengal army, by his wife Maria, daughter of Lieutenant-colonel Robert Ross, was born on
