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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, June 12, 1815, as John. Of Derbyshire. [6th s. of Charles, Esq., J.P., D.L., of Wirksworth, and Susanna, dau. of Sir Richard Arkwright. B. Sept. 26, 1796. School, Rugby.] ' Matric. Michs. 1815; B.A. 1819, as J. Francis Thomas; M.A. 1824. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) 1820; priest (York) July 29, 1821; C. of West Haddon, Northants., 1820-2. V. of Beeston, Notts., 1822-53. Married, Aug. 6, 1822, Mary, dau. of Adam Wolley, Esq., of Matlock, Derbs., and had issue. Assumed, by Royal sign-manual, the surname and arms of Wolley, Sept. 28, 1827, on the death of his father-in-law. Died at Beeston, Nov. 16, 1877. (Rugby Sch. Reg.; Changes of Name; Burke, L.G., 1862 and 1914; Clergy List; Northants. Clergy; Glover, History of Derbyshire, II. 7; Guardian, Nov. 21, 1877.)