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Adm. pens. (age 17) at JESUS, Jan. 27, 1826. 5th s. of John (1779), clerk, deceased. B. Mar. 17, 1808, at Baslow, Derbs. School, Grantham. ' Matric. Michs. 1826; B.A. 1831; M.A. 1839; D.D. (Lit. Reg.) 1854. C. of Upton, Cheshire, 1831-4. P.C. of St Mary Edgehill, Liverpool, 1835-54. V. of Baslow, Derbs., 1854. Bishop of Sydney, N.S.W., 1854-82, and metropolitan of Australia. Formed a General Synod with authority over the Church in Australia and Tasmania, which was regarded, as having perfected the constitution of the Australian Church. Twice married. Author, Thirty-six Psalms with Commentary; A Charge...to he Clergy of the Diocese of Sydney; Sermons. Died Apr. 6, 1882, at San Remo. Buried at Baslow. Brother of Anthony A. (1817). (D.N.B.)