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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Nov. 18, 1822. Of Lancashire. [S. of John, warehouseman, of Ardwick. B. May 17, 1803.] School, Manchester Grammar. ' Matric. Michs. 1823; B.A. 1827; M.A. 1830. Ord. deacon (London, for Ely), Mar. 11, 1827; priest (Ely) June 1, 1828; C. of Holy Trinity, Cambridge, 1827-30; C. of Gt Eversden, Cambs., 1831. P.C. of St Philip's, Sheffield, 1831-70. Married, 1857, Sarah Pennington, widow of the Rev. Francis Owen. Author, Mechanics' Churches: A letter to Sir Robert Peel on church extension in populous towns. Died Aug. 11, 1870, at Sheffield. (Manchester Grammar Sch. Reg., III. 142; Boase, II. 451; Crockford; Ecclesiastical Gazette, Oct. 13, 1857.)