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Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, Feb. 17, 1819. B. [Dec. 29, 1798], at Kendal, Westmorland. School, Sedbergh. ' Matric. Michs. 1819; Scholar, 1823; B.A. (15th Wrangler) 1824; M.A. 1827; D.D. 1839. Fellow, 1826-31. Ord. deacon (Ely), Nov. 2, 1828; priest, June 14, 1829. Head Master of Wigan Grammar School, 1835-7. Chaplain of Chelsea workhouse, 1837-79. Head Master of St Peter's College School, Eaton Square, 1837-52. Evening Lecturer at Chelsea, 1845. C. of St Saviour's, Upper Chelsea, 1872-9. Dean of the College of Preceptors for II years. Married (1) 1830, Frances, dau. of R. Hough, of Newark, Notts.; (2) July 12, 1866, Martha, widow of J. M. Lambert, Esq., of Barking, Essex. Author, Questions on the Gospels and Acts in Connection with the Greek Testament; A Treatise on Plane and Spherical Trigonometry; Sermons, etc. Died, Oct. 9, 1879, in Chelsea. (Sedbergh Sch. Reg.; Boase, VI. 921; The Guardian, July 18, 1866; Crockford.)