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Adm. at PETERHOUSE (age 17) June 24, 1817. S. of the Rev. William, of Glynde, Sussex. [B. Jan. 3, 1800, at Uckfield.] ' Matric. Michs. 1817. Migrated to ST JOHN'S, Oct. 3, 1818; B.A. (14th Wrangler) 1821; M.A. 1824; B.D. 1831. Fellow of St John's, 1824-38. Hulsean Lecturer, 1833. Adm. ad eundem, at Oxford, 1851. Ord. deacon (Ely) Nov. 6, 1825; priest, Nov. 5, 1826. Minister of St Edward's, Cambridge, 1832-3. R. of Houghton Conquest, Beds., 1837-73. Archdeacon of Bedford, 1866-73. Married, May 24, 1838, Sarah Caroline, eldest dau. of Thomas Burgon, of the British Museum, and had issue. Author, An answer to the Case of the Dissenters; The Law of Moses viewed in connection with the Character and the History of the Jews; The Meet Attire of the Spouse of Christ. Died Jan. 31, 1873; buried at Houghton Conquest. Brother of Hugh J. (1812). (Crockford; D.N.B.; T. A. Walker, 398.)