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Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, May 30, 1810. S. of John, of Colchester. [B. May 13, 1786.] ' Matric. Michs. 1810; B.A. 1814; M.A. 1817. Ord. priest (Hereford) Aug. 7, 1814. P.C. of St Clement's Episcopal Chapel, Manchester, 1818-40. Married, June 14, 1819, Elizabeth, dau. of Philip Vaughan, of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire. Author of several hymns. Died Mar. 9, 1840; buried at All Saints, Manchester. M.I. there and at St Thomas, Ardwick. Brother of John (1802; CCE18412); father of Joseph (1852) and Samuel (1854). (Clerical Guide; D.N.B.; G. Mag., 1840, I. 664; Misc. Gen. et Her., 2nd S., II. 89; Memoir, by the Rev. Robert Pym.)