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Adm. sizar at CORPUS CHRISTI, July 9, 1778; pens. May 8, 1780. Of Middlesex. [S. of Ezekiel, beadle of the Apothecaries' Company. School, St Paul's.] ' Matric. Michs. 1779; Scholar, 1780; B.A. 1783; M.A. 1806; D.D. 1809. Ord. deacon (Peterb., Litt. dim. from Norwich) May 18, 1782; priest, Oct. 15, 1782; C. of Upwell, Norfolk. Chaplain to Lord Brownlow. V. of Westley Waterless, Cambs., 1789-1824. V. of Elm with Emneth, 1790-1824. Caricatured by Gillray, with 'Cambridge Commencement Sermon, Feb. 2, 1809' as title. Author, The Regrets of Alma Mater on the Roman Catholic Position, A Poem. Died Oct. 24, 1824, at Plaistow, Essex. (Reg. of St Paul's Sch.; Clerical Guide; Northants. Clergy; Robert Bowes; G. Mag., 1825, I. 186.)