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Adm. Fell.-Com. at MAGDALENE, Oct. 20, 1817. [3rd] s. of William, 2nd Lord Auckland, of Eden Farm, near Beckenham, Kent. B. July 10, 1799. School, Eton. ' Matric. Michs. 1817; M.A. 1819; B.D. and D.D. per Lit. Reg., 1847. Fellow. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Sept. 22, 1822; priest (Worcester) 1824; R. of Eyam, Derbs. 1822-6. R. of Hertingfordbury, Herts., 1825-35. Chaplain to King William IV, 1831-7; to Queen Victoria, 1837-47. V. of Battersea, Surrey, 1835-47. Bishop of Sodor and Man, 1847-54. A Trustee of King William's College, Isle of Man, 1847-54. Succeeded as 3rd Baron Auckland, Jan. 1, 1849. Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1854-69; resigned. Married, Sept. 15, 1825, Mary, dau. of Francis E. Hurt, of Alderwasley, Derbs., and had issue. Author, A Churchman's Theological Dictionary; Charges of the Bishop of Bath and Wells; The Journal and Correspondence of William, Lord Auckland. Died Apr. 25, 1870, at the Bishop's Palace, Wells. Buried in the Palm churchyard, near the Cathedral. Father of Ashley (1886). (Crockford; Burke, P. and B.; Eton Coll. Reg.; D.N.B.; Foster, Index Eccles.)