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Adm. pens. at SIDNEY, June 25, 1789. S. and h. of Henry, Capt., R.N., of Knowstrop, near Leeds. B. Mar. 14, 1766 ,at Kingston-on-Thames. Schools, Leeds (Mr Brooks) and Rattlesden, Suffolk (Mr Hurn). ' Matric. Michs. 1789; Scholar; LL.B. 1797. Adm. at the Middle Temple, Nov. 9, 1792. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Mar. 12, 1797; priest (London) Oct. 1, 1809. Chaplain in the Navy. Afterwards Chaplain to the E.I.C. at Bombay. Married, at the Cape of Good Hope, Johanna Filia, dau. of M. Boreherds, R. of Stellenbosch, May, 1810. Died Aug. 27, 1822, in London. Buried in Old St Pancras Church. (Burke, Family Records.)