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Adm. pens. at EMMANUEL, Apr. 9, 1796. Of Suffolk. [Doubtless 4th s. of Henry, Esq., of Postwick Hall, Norfolk. B. 1778.] ' Matric. Michs. 1796; Scholar; B.A. 1800; M.A. 1803. Fellow, 1802. Proctor, 1806. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Aug. 31, 1800; priest, Dec. 18, 1803; C. of Teversham, Cambs., 1807-9. V. of Ilketshall, Suffolk, 1809-60. Master of Bungay School, 1809-60. R. of Cantley, Norfolk, 1812. V. of Claxton, 1838-60. Sometime of Mendham, near Norwich. Gave money towards rebuilding the College after the fire in 1811. Succeeded his uncle, Thomas Gilbert, at the Manor House, Chedgrave, Norfolk. Married Mary Anne, dau. of Richard Denny, Esq. Of Bergh Apton, Norfolk, in 1812. Died July 18, 1862. Father of John D. (1831) and George (1845). (Burke, L.G., 1939; Scott, MSS.; Foster, Index Eccles.; Crockford; Cambridge Year Bk., 1863; G. Mag., 1862, II. 233.)