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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 12, 1829. Of Suffolk. S. of Joseph (1804), R. of Blakeney, Norfolk. B. 1812, at Ampton. ' Matric. Michs. 1831; Scholar and Prizeman; B.A. (Senr. Wrangler) 1835; M.A. ( Lit. Reg.) 1836; D.D. 1857. Fellow, 1835-6. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) (Litt. dim. from Ely) Apr. 4, 1835; priest (Bristol) Jan. 9, 1836; Chaplain at Madras, 1836-47. Vice-Principal of Brighton College, 1846-51; Head Master, 1851-6. Bishop of Grahamstown, 1856-71. Bishop of Edinburgh, 1872-86. Married Anna Isabella, dau. of John Parnther, Esq., late of St James, Jamaica, Jan. 14, 1836, at Hatfield, Herts. Author, The Seven Ages of the Church; The Genesis of the Church, etc. Died Apr. 16, 1886, at Manor Place, Edinburgh. Brother of George (1833); father of the next and of George E. (1857). (Brighton Coll. Reg.; Boase; N. and Q., 6th S., IV. 386; W. Cowper.)