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Adm. sizar at SIDNEY, May 7, 1778. Eldest s. of Edward, wool-comber, of Tattingstone, Suffolk. B. Oct. 25, 1756, at Norwich. School, Ipswich Grammar. ' Matric. Michs. 1778; B.A. 1782; M.A. 1785; B.D. 1792; D.D. per Lit. Reg., 1808. Fellow, 1788; Master, 1808-11. Vice-Chancellor, 1808-9. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) 1781; priest, 1782; C. of Passenham, Northants., 1781; C. of Cosgrove. R. of Rempstone, Notts., 1782-1811. C. of Pampisford, Cambs., 1788. Warburton Lecturer at Lincoln's Inn, 1807. Hulse's Christian Advocate, 1810-11. Married, 1797, Susan, dau. of Richard Johnson, of Henrietta Street, London. Author, a criticism of Dr Paley's system, entitled Remarks on the Theory of Morals, 1800, followed by Annotations on the Practical Part of Dr Paley's Work, 1801; tracts and Sermons. Died Aug. 17, 1811, of an apoplectic seizure. (Northants. Clergy; D.N.B.; G. Mag., 1811, II. 198; Irvine Gray.)