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Adm. pens. (age 18) at ST JOHN'S, June 10, 1766. S. of Christopher, brewer, of Wilts. B. at Marlborough. School, Marlborough Grammar. ' Matric. Michs. 1767; B.A. 1771; M.A. 1774; B.D. 1781. Fellow, 1772-92. Ord. deacon (London) May 26, 1771; priest, June 6, 1773. R. of West Tanfield, Yorks., 1780-7. Chaplain to the Marquess of Aylesbury, 1781 (and tutor to Lord George Bruce, elder s. of the Marquess). R. of Wath, 1787-99. V. of Marton-cum-Grafton, 1791-9. Married, Sept. 17, 1793 Elizabeth, dau. of Edmund Gibson, V. of Bishop's Stortford, Herts. Died Jan. 2, 1799, aged 50. Buried at Wath. (St John's Coll. Adm., III. 712; Cant. Act Bk.; G. Mag., 1799, I. 80.)