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Adm. sizar (age 18) at CHRIST'S, Aug. 26, 1782. S. of the Rev. Richard (1734), V. of Bingley, Yorks. [and Ann, dau. of John Perkins, M.D., of Netherton, Wakefield]. B. there [1764]. ' Matric. Michs. 1783; Scholar, 1783; Tancred student; B.A. (6th Wrangler) 1787; M.A. 1790; D.D. 1805. Ord. deacon (Rochester) 1789; C. of The Bournes, Kent, 1789. Head Master of Bingley Grammar School, 1791-1836. V. of Bingley, 1795-1836. Married (1) Charlotte Harvey; (2) Mary Hudson, of Hipperholme, his cousin. An excellent classic, a hard reading man, and of irreproachable character. Died Oct. 26, 1836, aged 72. M.I. at Bingley. (P. H. H.-S. Hartley; Peile, II. 316; Gunning, I. II; G. Mag., 1836, III. 663.)