Wolseley was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[5] From 1833 until 1853, he was Chaplain of Kirwan House, the Church of Ireland, Female Orphan House in Dublin;,[6] and also chaplain to the Pleasants' Female Orphan Asylum, Camden Street, Dublin and later held the living at St Andrew,[7]Lucan.[8]
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^"Appendix to minutes of evidence taken before the Select Committee of the House of Lords (on relief of the destitute poor and medical charities)": Vol. XI, Part II. p30. 1846.