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Adm. pens. at TRINITY, May 9, 1787. [2nd s. of the Rev. James (1758; CCE19188), V. of Garstang, Lancs.] B. Dec. 12, 1767, at Garstang. School, Manchester Grammar. ' Matric. Michs. 1787; B.A. 1791; M.A. 1794. Ord. deacon (Ely) 1791; priest, 1792; C. of Over, Cambs. V. of Garstang, 1794-1835. Married (1) Isabella, dau. of William Fletcher, of Lancaster, and had issue; (2) Apr. 8, 1801, Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Taylor, of Stot Park and Finsthwaite, and had further issue. Died May 6, 1835; buried in Garstang Church (marble tablet to his memory). Father of James (above) and of the next. (Manchester Gr. Sch. Reg., II. 42; Burke, L.G.; Baines, Hist. of Lancs., V. 424; Ely Ord. Lists.)