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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Feb. 1, 1770. S. of the Rev. Simon [Jackson (1744)] [R. of Bebington], Cheshire [and of Shallcross Hall, Derbs., and Anne, dau. of Richard Fitzherbert, of Somershall Herbert, Derbs.]. [Bapt. July 25, 1753.] ' Matric. Michs. 1770; Scholar, 1773; B.A. (13th Wrangler) 1774. Foundress Fellow, Apr. 4, 1775-7. Ord. deacon (Ely) June 2, 1776; priest (Sodor and Man) July 27, 1777. R. of Bebington and P.C. of Overchurch, Cheshire, 1777-1826. J.P. for Cheshire; Chairman of Quarter Sessions for 40 years. Married (1) Mar. 19, 1777, Frances, dau. of the Rev. John Gibson, of Romaldkirk, Co. Durham; (2) May 27, 1801, Mary Anton Johnson. Died Mar. 6, 1826, aged 72. M.I. at Bebington church. Father of the next; brother of Shallcross (1776). (St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 329; Ormerod, History of Cheshire, II. 437.)