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Adm. at KING'S, a scholar from Eton, 1742. S. of Bartholomew (1716). ' Matric. 1743; B.A. 1746-7; M.A. 1750. Fellow, 1746. D.D. (Dublin) 1764. Assistant Master at Eton. Clerk of the Closet to the Princess Dowager of Wales, 1761. Dean of Clogher, 1761. Bishop of Dromore, 1763-5. Bishop of Ferns, 1765-72. Married Alicia Cooper, natural dau. of Lord Holland (to whom he owed his advancement). Died at Ferns, Aug. 24, 1772. Will, Dublin. (R. A. Austin Leigh; Harwood, 333.)