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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, May 31, 1798. [2nd] s. of Sir John [Thomas] (1754) [6th] Bart., of Alderley Park, Cheshire (and Margaret, dau. of Hugh Owen, of Penrhos, Anglesey). [B. Jan. 1, 1779, in London.] School, Windlesham, Surrey. ' Matric. Michs. 1801; Scholar, 1801; B.A. (16th Wrangler) 1802; M.A. 1805; D.D. (per Lit. Reg.) 1837. Ord. deacon (Winchester) June 5, 1805; priest, Sept. 15, 1805; C. of Windlesham, Surrey, 1805. R. of Alderley, Cheshire, 1805-37. Clerk of the Chapel Royal to Queen Victoria, 1837. F.R.S., 1840. Bishop of Norwich, 1837-49. As Bishop, a vigorous and fearless reformer. ;He not only changed the whole atmosphere of religious life throughout his see, but won the affectionate esteem of all classes, whether lay or clerical.; Nicknamed ;Jim Crow.; Married, May 8, 1810, Catherine, dau. of the Rev. Oswald Leycester, R. of Stoke-on-Tern, Salop. Author, Familiar History of Birds; Sermons, etc. Died Sept. 6, 1849, at Brahan Castle, near Dingwall, Ross-shire, while on a holiday; buried in Norwich Cathedral. Father of Arthur P. (1864). (St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 487 and 489; Burke, P. and B.; D.N.B.; W. B. Donne and his Friends.)