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Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, Jan. 11, 1781. Of Staffs. ' Matric. Michs. 1781; Scholar, 1784; B.A. (5th Wrangler) 1785; M.A. 1788; B.D. 1795. Fellow, 1787-1806; held various College offices. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) June 29, 1787. V. of Shepreth, Cambs., 1790-1804. Whitehall Preacher, 1791. R. of Marwood, Devon, 1804-53. Married, Aug. 14, 1805, , only dau. of Benjamin Gower, deceased, of Cobham, Surrey. Died Apr. 3, 1853, aged 90. Father of Edward G. (1840) and Richard W. (1826). (St John's Coll. Adms., IV. 449; Northants. Clergy; G. Mag., 1853, I. 558.)