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Adm. pens. (age 18) at TRINITY, Jan. 25, 1799. [2nd] s. of Thomas (1760) [1st] Baron Lilford (and Mary, dau. of Geoffrey Mann, of Boughton-Malherbe, Kent). [B. Jan. 23, 1781.] School, Harrow. ' Matric. Michs. 1800; M.A. 1802. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) Dec. 11, 1803; C. of Tichmarsh, Northants., 1803-5; R. there, 1805-42. R. of Pilton, 1826-36; resigned. An active promoter of the establishment of various religious and missionary societies in the country, notably the Bible Society. Married, July 24, 1809, Penelope, dau. of James Hatsell, of Spring Garden Terrace, and of Morden Park, Surrey, and had issue. Author, religious. Died Jan. 22, 1842, at Tichmarsh. Brother of Thomas (1792) and Frederick (1799); father of the next. (Clergy List; Northants. Clergy, XI. 61; Clerical Guide; Foster, Index Eccles.; Cant. Act Book; Burke, P. and B.; G. Mag., 1842, I. 558.)