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Adm. sizar (age 17) at ST JOHN'S, June 26, 1775. S. and h. of Thomas (1737), R. of Withersfield, Suffolk. B. there Nov. 9, 1758. School, Hipperholme, Yorks. (his father). ' Matric. Michs. 1775; Scholar, 1776; B.A. 1779; M.A. 1782; B.D. 1791. Fellow, 1781-91. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Mar. 11, 1781; priest, May 9, 1782; V. of Withersfield, 1782-1827. Chaplain to the Countess of [p.160] Aylesford, 1781. J.P. for Suffolk. Married Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Carey Elwes, of Throcking, Herts., June 10, 1790. Died Mar. 11, 1827. Buried at Withersfield. Will (P.C.C.) 1827. Brother of Robert (1778), etc.; father of Robert C. (next), Henry A. (1821) and Charles J. (1826). (St John's Coll. Adm., IV; Burke, L.G.)