Writer and Church of England clergyman. Wrangham was born at Raysthorpe, near Malton, Yorkshire, the son of George Wrangham (1741–1791), a prosperous farmer. He was educated at Hull Grammar School and Magdalene and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Wrangham was ordained in 1793 and enjoyed a successful career in the Church thanks to the initial patronage of the Dukes of Manchester, culminating in posts as Archdeacon of Cleveland 1820–1828 and of the East Riding 1828–1841. Wrangham also achieved success as a poet, essayist and translator, beginning with winning the Seaton poetry prize at Cambridge in 1794. He knew Wordsworth well through their mutual friend Basil Montagu, and occasionally corresponded with Southey, sending him his translation of The Lyrics of Horace (1821).