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Adm. pens. (age 18) at CHRIST'S, Mar. 6, 1779. [Eld.] s. of the Rev. Thomas (Merton College, Oxford, 1729), Sacrist of Lichfield (and May Hunter). B. there. School, Lichfield. ' Matric. Michs. 1780; Scholar; B.A. 1783; M.A. 1786. Sacrist of Lichfield, 1784; Priest-Vicar of Lichfield. V. of Chebsey, Staffs., 1785-1836. V. of Pipe Ridware, 1798-1836. V. of Dilhorne, 1809-36. P.C. of St Chad's, Lichfield, 1814-36. A friend of Miss Seward and of Dr Johnson, who called him "the rising strength of Lichfield." Died Apr. 8, 1836, in the Close, Lichfield, aged 75. (Peile, II. 310; Foster, Index Eccles.; Clerical Guide; G. Mag., 1836, II. 105.)