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Adm. pens. (age 17) at EMMANUEL, Mar. 23, 1763. S. of Robert, Esq. B. Mar. 4, 1745-6, in the Tower, London. School, Harrow. ' Matric. Lent, 1763; Scholar; B.A. 1767; M.A. 1770; B.D. 1777; D.D. 1790. Fellow, 1769. Tutor. Proctor, 1775. Incorp. D.D. at Dublin, 1790. Ord. deacon (Norwich) May 21, 1769, as Bennett, W.; priest (Peterb.) June 9, 1770. Chaplain to the Earl of Westmorland (his old pupil) 1790. Bishop of Cork and Ross, 1790-4. Bishop of Cloyne, 1794-1820. F.S.A., 1790. An authority on Roman Roads in England. Contributed papers to Polwhele's Cornwall, etc. Compiled a register of Emmanuel College. Married Frances, dau. of the Rev. Nathaniel Mapletoft, R. of Broughton, Northants., Sept. 24, 1791, at Rushton. Author, archaeological. Died July 16, 1820. Buried at Plumstead, Kent. (Harrow Sch. Reg.; Norwich Ord. Bk.; H. I. Longden; D.N.B.)