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Adm. at KING'S, a scholar from Eton, 1728. S. of John (1685), R. of Kingsland, Hereford. B. at Shrewsbury, 1709. ' Matric. 1729; B.A. 1732-3; M.A. 1737; D.D. 1759. Fellow, 1732. Ord. priest (Ely) Dec. 1733. Chaplain to Cornwallis, Bishop of Lichfield. Canon of Lichfield; and Master of St John's hospital there. R. of Kingsland, Hereford, 1732. Archdeacon of Derby, 1755-69. Author, poetical. Died Jan. 20, 1769. M.I. at Kingsland. Probably brother of John (1721). (D.N.B.; Browne Willis, St Asaph, I. 196.)