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Adm. sizar (age 18) at MAGDALENE, June 23, 1792. S. of Thomas, of Plymouth School, Greenwich (Mr Bakewell). [B. June 7, 1774, at Plymouth.] ' Matric. Michs. 1792; Norrisian prize, 1795 and 1800; B.A. (5th Wrangler) 1796. Migrated to Queens', Jan. 12, 1797; M.A. 1799. Fellow of Queens', 1797; tutor. Ord. deacon, 1796, as C. to Charles Simeon at Holy Trinity, Cambridge. C. of Holy Trinity, Cheltenham. Chaplain to the East India Company in Bengal, 1808-29, being "one of the five Evangelical Chaplains nominated by Simeon." Married (1) Jan. 1799, Elizabeth, eldest dau. of James Fawcett, of Scaleby Castle, Yorks. (founder of the European Female Orphanage, Calcutta); (2) Dorothy -. Died June 20, 1829, in Mauritius, while returning to England. M.I. in the Old (or Mission) Church, Calcutta. (Major V. Hodson; G. Mag., 1829, II. 647.)