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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Jan. 11, 1821. [Only] s. of the late John, Esq. [ironmaster], of Liverpool. B. [Mar. 17, 1802], at Broseley, Shropshire. School, Shrewsbury. ' Matric. Michs. 1821; B.A. 1825; M.A. 1828. Adm. ad eundem at Oxford, 1840. Ord. deacon (Hereford) 1827; priest, 1828; C. of Benthall, Salop, 1827-8. C. of Little Wenlock, 1828-36. P.C. of Cogenhoe, Northants., 1838-50. R. of Holdenby, Northants., 1850-65. Domestic Chaplain to the Duke of Bedford. Rural Dean of E. Haddon. F.S.A., 1839. A member of the Roxburghe Club. Hon. Member of Société Française pour la Conservation des Monuments Historiques, etc. One of the founders of the British Archaeological Association and Institute, 1844, and contributed to its journal. A fine water-colour artist. Married, Dec. 10, 1828, Frances Margaretta, dau. of the Rev. Thomas Kerrich, Protobibliothecarius and also V. of Dersingham, Norfolk, and had issue. Author, Book Rarities in the University of Cambridge, etc., and editor of numerous local histories. Died Mar. 11, 1865, at Holdenby rectory. (Shrewsbury Sch. Reg.; Al. Oxon.; D.N.B.; Northants. Clergy; Boase, I. 1363; G. Mag., 1865, II. 656-7.)