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Adm. pens. at ST CATHARINE'S, Mar. 18, 1814. [S. of the above.] B. [1798], at Wingham, Kent. [School, Eton, where he was Shelley's fag.] ' Matric. Lent, 1814; B.A. 1818; M.A. 1821. Ord. deacon (Norwich) 1821; priest, 1822; C. of Hackney, Middlesex, 1821-2. C. of St Botolph's, Bishopsgate, London, 1823-9. He was nominated as first Vicar of St George's, Ramsgate, by his father, but did not accept. R. of Hornsey (where he built three district churches), 1829-80. Preb. of St Paul's, 1843-58. Chaplain-in-Ordinary to the Queen, 1847-89. Canon of Gloucester, 1858-89. Rural Dean. Chaplain to Archbishop of York, 1862-74. Married Eliza . Author, Hymns for Young Persons; Two Sermons on Keeping the Lord's Day. Died June 27, 1889, aged 91, at College Green, Gloucester, the day after his wife's death; they were buried together in Gloucester Cathedral. Father of the next. (Eton Sch. Lists; Foster, Index Eccles.; Crockford; Clergy List; Scott, MSS.; Boase, I. 1366; Burke, P. and B., 1940; The Guardian, July 3, 1889.)