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Adm. Fell.-Com. at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 11, 1815. Of Lancs. [5th s. of Daniel, cotton manufacturer, of Rhodes Hall, Middleton. B. there Jan. 18, 1793. School, Glasgow University.] ' Matric. Lent, 1816; LL.B. 1822. Incorp. at Oxford, 1829; D.C.L. (Oxford) 1829. Originally a Wesleyan minister. Ord. deacon (Chester) 1816; priest (Exeter) 1817; C. of St James's, Manchester. R. of All Saints', Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, 1820-66, where the Church was built by him at a cost of £18,000; the greater part destroyed by fire, Feb. 6, 1850. F.L.S. Author, Sermons, Hymns, Poems, etc. Died Sept. 6, 1866, of typhus, while on a visit at Western Lodge, Durham. (Al. Oxon.; D.N.B.)