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Adm. pens. at SIDNEY, Jan. 10, 1786. 3rd s. of John, of Exeter, merchant. B. there, Feb. 26, 1768. Schools, Exeter (Mr Marshall) and Eton. ' Matric. Michs. 1786; B.A. 1790; M.A. 1793; B.D. 1800. Fellow. C. of Clyst St Lawrence, Devon. Author, A Sermon for the defence of the Constitution in Church and State; The Avowal of the Secession of the Rev. R. Luke, B.D., now considering himself, and desiring to be considered, in the light only of an Englishman (1794). Died May 24, 1844, then being senior Fellow of Sidney. (Eton Coll. Reg.; Boase, Coll. Cornub., 515; Clergy List; G. Mag., 1844, II. 103.)