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Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 18) at ST JOHN'S, June 25, 1759. S. of William, Esq., of Durham. B. at Sunderland. Bapt. Mar. 9, 1740-1. School, Houghton. ' Matric. Michs. 1761; B.A. 1763; M.A. 1766. Ord. deacon (York) Sept. 18, 1763; priest (London) June 6, 1773; C. of Osmotherley, Yorks., 1763. Blind for a number of years. Possessed a large collection of antiquarian objects, and was said to be immensely rich. Died Feb. 1, 1813, aged 72, at Newcastle. (St John's Coll. Adm., III. 660; G. Mag., 1813, I. 287.)