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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, July 6, 1822. 2nd s. of William (1778), B.D., R. of Acton, Middlesex. B. there 1806. School, Eton. ' Matric. Michs. 1823; Scholar, 1823; B.A. 1827; M.A. 1830. Ord. deacon (London) May 25, 1834; priest, June 14, 1835. C. (to his father) at St Andrew Undershaft, London, 1841-53. Minor Canon of Westminster, 1856-78. Chaplain-in-Ordinary to the Queen, 1869-78. Renowned as the Champion Skater of his day. Author, Parental Wisdom...; The Wrongs of Polanda Poem in three Cantos; The Czar and the Turk; Elijah in the Desert, etc. Died July 26, 1878, aged 72. Brother of Edmund (1828), etc. (Boase, IV. Suppl.; R. L. Antrobus.)