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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, June 20, 1820. [S. of Samuel Wilkes (above), of Chester Court, near Selby, Yorks. B. Aug. 26, 1801, at Killingbeck, Yorks. School, Eton.] ' Matric. Michs. 1821. Scholar, 1822. Migrated to Magdalene, Mar. 14, 1823; B.A. (5th Wrangler) 1825; M.A. 1828. Fellow of Magdalene, 1825. F.R.A.S., 1834. Ord. deacon (Ely) 1827; priest, June 11, 1828. V. of Madingley, Cambs., 1837-43. R. of Rettendon, Essex, 1844-87. Married (1) 1844, Martha, dau. of Capt. Wilkinson, H.E.I.C.S.; (2) Jan. 25, 1853, Louisa, eldest dau. of Richard J. Meeson, Esq., of Battlebridge, Essex. Author, Algebraic Geometry. Died Feb. 24, 1887, at Rettendon. Father of Brian E. (1877). (Boase, VI. 811; Crockford; The Guardian, Mar. 9, 1887.)