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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 27, 1823. [2nd s. of John, of Brathay Hall, Lancs.] B. at Hawkshead. School, Sedbergh. ' Matric. Michs. 1824; B.A. 1828; M.A. 1831. Ord. deacon (Chester) Dec. 10, 1830; priest, Dec. 18, 1831. One of the founders and first Secretary of the Jesus Lane Sunday School. V. of Condover, Salop, 1841-73. Married, Aug. 20, 1846, Louisa Caroline, dau. of Sir Samuel Young, Bart., of Formosa Place, Berks. Author, religious. Died 1873. (Scott, MSS.; The Patrician, II. 88; Sedbergh Sch. Reg.; Crockford and Clergy List, which erroneously call him John William; C. A. Jones, Jesus Lane Sunday School.)