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Adm. sizar at QUEENS', Apr. 2, 1827. Of Cambs. [S. of William Richmond, of Cambridge (and Mary). B. Dec. 25, 1806, at Cambridge.] ' Matric. Michs. 1827; B.A. 1831; M.A. 1869. Ord. deacon (London) Dec. 22, 1833; priest, Dec. 21, 1834. P.C. of Whetstone, Middlesex, 1833-69. R. of St Columb Major, Cornwall, 1869-97. One of the earliest of London clergy to preach in the surplice, his first appearance in that garment causing a sensation. Married, 1835, Ann, dau. of James Newman, of Whetstone House, Finchley, London, and had issue. Died Apr. 28, 1897. Doubtless brother of Edward (1821) and of the next. (Crockford; Boase, Collect. Cornub.; Scott, MSS.; The Times, May 1, 1897; The Globe, May 8, 1897.)