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Adm. sizar (age 17) at CAIUS, July 4, 1768. S. of John (1740), clerk, of Bury St Edmunds. B. at Northwold, Norfolk. School, Bury. ' Matric. Michs. 1769; Scholar; Prizeman; Chancellor's medal; B.A. (Senr. Wrangler and Senr. Classic) 1773; M.A. 1776. Fellow, 1776-86. Chaplain, 1776. Held various other College Offices. Taxor and Moderator, 1777. Ord. deacon (Norwich) June 12, 1774; priest (Peterb.) Dec. 17, 1780; C. of Little Cressingham, Norfolk, 1774. Master of Perse School, Cambridge, 1781-2. Of a melancholy cast, having lost many of his nearest relatives together. Author, An Elegy on a Family Tomb. Died in College, Feb. 28, 1786. M.I. at Didlington. Brother of the above. (Venn, II. 87; D.N.B.)