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Adm. pens. at CLARE, Mar. 13, 1829. [S. of Alfred John, gent., of Bromley, Kent, antiquary. B. Mar. 10, 1810. School, St Paul's.] ' Matric. Michs. 1829; B.A. (Class. Trip., Class 1) 1833; M.A. 1837. Fellow, 1836. Ord. deacon (Exeter) 1833; priest, 1834; C. of Tavistock, Devon, 1833-6. Second Master at Bury St Edmunds School, 1838-43. C. of Chipping Barnet, 1843-6. P.C. of St John's, St Pancras, 1846-8. C. of St Barnabas, Kensington, 1848-53. R. of St James's, Piccadilly, 1853-95. Prebendary of St Paul's, 1861. Proctor, dio. of London, 1868-80. Chaplain-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria, 1864-1901. Hon. Chaplain to King Edward VII, 1901-7. Declined the Bishopric of Calcutta, 1866. Author, religious. Died Mar. 11, 1907. Father of Edward W. (1862), John A. (1865) and Alfred B. (1867). (St Paul's Sch. Reg.; Crockford; Who was Who, 1897-1916.)