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Adm. pens. (age 18) at TRINITY, May 31, 1781. [Eldest] s. of [the Rev.] Baptist (1743-4; CCE18813) [afterwards Dean of Lichfield], of Stamford, Lincs. (and Mary, dau. of the Rev. John Russell, Preb. of Peterborough and Lincoln). School, Charterhouse. Bapt. Apr. 11, 1764. ' Matric. Michs. 1781; B.A. 1785, as John Baptist; M.A. 1788. Ord. priest (London, Litt. dim. from Lichfield and Coventry) Mar. 8, 1789. V. of St Mary's, Lichfield (succeeding his father) 1789-1830. V. of Hope, Derbs., 1791. V. of Brewood, Staffs., 1804-30. Married July 19, 1791, Mary Susannah, yst. dau. of Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley, 6th Bart., of Knypersley. Died Jan. 14, 1830, aged 68. Father of John C. (1816; CCE19056); brother of Charles (1788; CCE19055). (Burke, P. and B.; Cant. Act Book; G. Mag., 1830, I. 280 (John Baptist); Al. Carthus.)