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Adm. pens. (age 18) at CHRIST'S, June 22, 1756. [2nd] s. of John (? 1737), of Thornton Watlass, near Masham, Yorks. B. at Thornton Hall, Richmonds. School, Sedbergh. ' Matric. Michs. 1756; Scholar, 1756; B.A. (Hon. Wrangler) 1760; M.A. 1764; D.D. 1784. C. of Cleasby Chapel, Yorks., 1766. V. of Calne, Wilts., 1767-82. Chaplain to the Earl of Shelburne. V. of Figheldean, 1768. V. of Spennithorne, Yorks., 1778-1821. P.C. of Bredhurst, Kent. Canon of Windsor, 1782. Married (1) a dau. of Francis Barrell, of Rochester; (2) Frances Mosley, of Burley Hall. Died s.p. Mar. 29, 1821, aged 82. (Sedbergh Sch. Reg.; Peile, II. 263; Scott, MSS.)