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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Nov. 11, 1779. [Elder] s. of the Rev. Charles (1750; CCE11940), V. of All Saints', Derby [and Susanna Stead]. B. there Oct. 29, 1762. Schools, Derby and Harrow. ' Matric. Michs. 1780; Scholar, 1780; B.A. 1784. Ord. deacon (Lichfield and Coventry) Feb. 20, 1785; priest, Dec. 24, 1786; C. of St Werburgh's, Derby, 1785-97. V. of Youlgrave, Derbs., 1797-1802. V. of All Saints', Derby, 1797-1841. V. of St Alkmund's, Derby, 1802-41. Five times mayor of Derby. Married, Apr. 6, 1793, Ellen, dau. of Robert Mellor, of Alsop-en-le-Dale, Derbs. Author. Died Jan. 13, 1841, at Duffield. Father of Richard M. (1825; CCE11943) and of Charles Robert[CCE11941]. (Derby Sch. Reg.; Harrow Sch. Reg.; St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 312; Foster, Index Eccles.; Glover, Derbs., II. 564; F.M.G., I. 333 (pedigree); G. Mag., 1841, I. 327.)