Charlton, Thomas (2)

Charlton, Thomas (2), an English Baptist, was brought up a Methodist, and was a popular preacher among that people; but, adopting Baptist views, he was baptized about 1772, having been already minister at Snow's-Fields- Southwark, since 1767, and remained there till his death, Dec. 19,1774, aged thirty- four years. He is said to have been the means of awakening the father of the Rev. A. M. Toplady. He published a Funeral -Sermon on Mr. Hughes, by whom he was baptized. See Wilson, Dissenting Churches, iv, 283, 284.: