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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Nov. 8, 1825. Of Middlesex. [S. of William, banker's clerk. B. Apr. 12, 1806. Bapt. at St Margaret's, Westminster, Dec. 26, 1806. Educated at St Paul's School.] ' Matric. Michs. 1826; Scholar, 1828; B.A. 1830; M.A. 1833. Ord. deacon (London, Litt. dim. from York) June 6, 1830; priest (York) 1831; B.A., St John's, Camb.; C. of Bishop Burton, Yorks., 1830-3. C. of Spofforth, 1834-5. Head Master of Sherburn Grammar School, Yorks., 1835-8; of St Peter's School, York, 1838-44; residing at Acomb, Yorks., in 1847. P.C. of Goathland, Yorks., 1848-70. Author, The Key of David; The Oblation and Temple of Ezekiel's Prophetic Visions (5 parts); Thy Kingdom Come; Christianity in relation to Judaism and Heathenism; The Hebrew and Greek Scriptures Compared (7 parts); History of the Cross. Married, 1830, Mary Anne, dau. of Samuel Reckster, and widow of Lieut. Alfred Yeakell, and had issue. Resided latterly at St Hilda Terrace, Whitby, where he died Apr. 23, 1870. Buried at York. (St Paul's Sch. Reg.; Crockford, 1870; Boase, I. 1455; D.N.B.; A. Raine, Hist. of St Peter's School, York.)