Venn: Adm. pens. (age 18) at CHRIST'S, Apr. 29, 1789. S. of Sloughter (1758), lecturer, of Hexham. B. there. Bapt. May 5, 1771. School, Houghton-le-Spring. ' Matric. Michs. 1789; Scholar, 1789; B.A. 1793; M.A. 1796. Ord. deacon (York) July 1, 1798; priest, July 21, 1799; C. of Warmfield, Yorks., 1798. Succeeded his father in the lectureship at Hexham, 1801-24. Married Martha, dau. of Charles Shafto, of Hexham. Died in London. Buried there May 2, 1824, aged 52.