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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Feb. 23, 1822. Of Lancs. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. William (Brasenose College, Oxford, 1790), V. of Eccles [and Sarah, dau. of John Howard, of Manchester]. B. May 7, 1803, at Wigan. School, Manchester Grammar. ' Matric. Michs. 1822; Scholar, 1822; Bell Scholar, 1823; B.A. (Class. Trip., 1st Class) 1826; M.A. 1829; Seatonian prize, 1829; B.D. 1836. Fellow, 1827-41. Lecturer, St Bees Theological Coll., 1833. Hulsean Lecturer, 1843 and 1844. F.S.A.; F.R.G.S. The first Disney Professor of Archaeology, 1851-65. Ord. deacon (Ely), June 10, 1827; priest, Nov. 4, 1827. Select Preacher, 1834, 1837 and 1847. R. of Great Oakley, Essex, 1840-89. Rural Dean of Harwich. Canon-Residentiary of Manchester, 1858-74. Rural Dean of Eccles, 1858-71. Chaplain to the first Bishop of Manchester. Succeeded to the estate of his cousin, William Marsden, F.R.S. Married, May 7, 1840, Caroline, elder dau. of William Moore, D.D., Preb. of Lincoln. Author, religious, antiquarian and archaeological. J.P. for Essex. Died Jan. 24, 1891, at his residence, Grey Friars, Colchester. Brother of Edward (1835); father of Maurice H. (1862), Reginald G. (1864) and William (1860). (Manchester 'Grace, or act of the University, mostly for degrees.'Gr. Sch. Reg., III. 126; Boase, II. 750; Burke, L.G.; Eagle, XVI. 478; Crockford; Foster, Index Eccles.; D.N.B.)