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Adm. pens. (age 19) at ST JOHN'S, May 22, 1734. S. of Joseph, goldsmith, of London. B. in Ireland. Schools, Chesterfield, Derbs. and Westminster. ' Matric. 1735; B.A. 1737-8; M.A. 1741. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) June 1; priest, June 29, 1740. R. of Birkin, Yorks. (and Lord of the Manor), 1741-88. Chaplain to George II. Friend of the poets, Gray, Mason and Whitehead. Died Mar. 28, 1788. (Scott-Mayor, III. 451.)