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Adm. pens. (age 19) at ST JOHN'S, Mar. 31, 1810. S. of William, gent., of Bradford, Yorks. (and Sarah Buck). [B. c. 1790, in Manchester.] School, Bradford. ' Matric. Michs. 1810; Scholar, 1810; B.A. (13th Wrangler) 1814; M.A. 1817; B.D. 1824; D.D. 1830. Fellow, 1814-26. Ord. deacon (Ely), Mar. 26, 1820; priest, Nov. 12, 1820. V. of Blackburn, Lancs., 1822-54. Hon. Canon of Manchester, 1852-4 One of the founders of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1820. Married, June 20, 1825, Mary Haughton, eldest dau. of William Feilden (afterwards Bart.), of Feniscowles, Lancs. Author, An Historical and Critical Inquiry into the Interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures; Justification by Faith; The Catholic Church; etc. Died Aug. 23, 1854. Father of Philip H. (1850). (Boase, III. 1327; Foster, Index Eccles.; Clergy List; D.N.B.)