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Adm. at KING'S, a scholar from Eton, Jan. 11, 1800. Eldest s. of the Rev. John (1773; CCE 2077). B. Dec. 4, 1781, at Eton. ' Matric. Easter, 1800; Browne medal, 1803; B.A. 1804; M.A. 1807. Fellow, 1803. Ord. deacon (Gloucester) Aug. 2, 1806; priest, 1807. Assistant Master at Eton, 1803-22; Fellow of Eton, 1822-64. Married Caroline, dau. of – Carter, Esq., of Foxley, Wilts. His sermons in Eton chapel were a perpetual source of amusement to his hearers, and so bigoted was his protestantism that he stigmatized Catholic emancipation as ‘the wickedest thing since the crucifixion.’ Died May 18, 1864, at Eton College. Brother of Robert B (1810). (Eton Sch. Lists; Burke, L.G., which incorrectly gives ‘died May 1’; Sir W. Sterry; G. Mag., 1864, I. 804.)