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Adm. pens. (age 17) at TRINITY, Oct. 18, 1794. 2nd s. of Samuel (1768), of Manchester. B. May 1, 1777. Schools, Leeds (Mr Whiteley) and Winwick Grammar. ' Matric. Michs. 1794; B.A. 1799; M.A. 1805. Fellow of Manchester Collegiate Church, 1809-33. R. of Grindon, Staffs., 1816-36. A Governor of Bury Grammar School, 1821-33. Of Broughton Old Hall, near Manchester. Succeeded to the family estates in 1833. Gave the valuable site and endowment for the Church of St John-the-Evangelist, at Broughton. A keen horticulturist; left his fine collection of orchidaceous plants to the Royal Gardens, Kensington. A collector of works of art, pictures, etc. Died unmarried Sept. 28, 1846, at Broughton Hall. M.I. at Broughton. Brother of Samuel (1793). (Fellows of Manchester Collegiate Church, Pt II; Chetham Soc. Publ., XXIII; G. Mag., 1847, I. 87.)