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Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 21) at ST JOHN'S, June 20, 1776. [Only s. of Henry, of Grimblethorpe, Lincs. (and Mary, dau. of George Fowler, of Skendleby, Lincs.).] B. at Grimblethorpe. School, Lincoln. ' Matric. Michs. 1777; B.A. 1783. M.A., Trinity College, Dublin, 1783; Hon. LL.D., Trin. Coll., Dublin, 1786. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) 1783. Preb. of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, 1783. V. of Swords, Dublin, and Dean of Dromore. Married (1) 1789, Ann, dau. of Theobald Wolfe, of Newtown, Co. Kildare, and had issue; (2) 1812, Elinor, dau. of the Rt. Rev. William Newcombe, Archbishop of Armagh, and had further issue. Died June 19, 1831, 'aged 72', at Brighton. Father of William (1834). (St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 539; Northants. Clergy; Burke, L.G.; G. Mag., 1831, I. 91.)