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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Dec. 13, 1814. Of Lancs. S. of William, gent., of Weaste, near Manchester. B. Jan. 15, 1797. School, Manchester. ' Matric. Michs. 1815; Scholar; B.A. (14th Wrangler) 1819; M.A. 1824. Ord. deacon, 1820; priest, 1822; C. of Leighton Buzzard, Beds., 1820. Head Master of Alford Grammar School, Lincs., 1821-2. Professor at Bishop's College, Calcutta, 1825-9. Lecturer at St Philip's, Birmingham, c. 1830. V. of St Peter's, Birmingham, 1837. R. of Spexhall, Suffolk, 1847-77. Married , dau. of J. Audley Lee, Esq., of Mount Vernon, Liverpool, Feb. 15, 1825. Author, Sermons. Died Sept. 20, 1877, aged 80. Father of the next and Laurence (1849). (Manchester Sch. Reg.; Scott, MSS.)