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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Mar. 25, 1811. [Eldest] s. of John, surgeon, of Bury St Edmunds. School, Bury St Edmunds. ' Matric. Michs. 1811; Scholar, 1811; B.A. (6th Wrangler) 1815; M.A. 1818; B.D. 1826. Fellow, 1816-23. Ord. priest (Norwich) June 17, 1821. R. of Kirkby with Asgarby, Lincs., 1823. Preb. of St Paul's, 1830. V. of Ealing, Middlesex, 1835-53. R. of Acton, 1853-9. Married, July 10, 1823, Frances Mary, dau. of Charles Blomfield, of Bury St Edmunds (and sister of Bishop Blomfield). Nephew of Joshua (1776); expected to succeed him as R. of Holt, but found that the living had been sold to St John's; never recovered from the disappointment. Died Feb. 16, 1859. (F. P. White; G. Mag., 1823, II. 79; Foster, Index Eccles.; Christian Remembrancer, V. 249, 506.)