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Adm. pens. (age 17) at TRINITY, May 16, 1828. S. of David [Bird], [R. of Burton-in-Rhos, Pembs.; CCE4441]. B. May 25, 1810, at Pembroke. School, Westminster. ' Matric. Michs. 1828; Scholar, 1829; B.A. 1832; M.A. 1835. Ord. deacon (London) Dec. 22, 1833; priest, Dec. 21, 1834. Mathematical Lecturer at King's College, London, 1832-9; Chaplain there, 1833-46. One of the three original Inspectors of Schools, 1839-46. V. of Prees, Salop, 1846-83. Archdeacon of Salop, 1847-83. Worked indefatigably to provide Church accommodation and to improve the position of his clergy; built or restored churches in nearly every Parish. Preb. of Lichfield, 1848-59. Master of St John's Hospital, Lichfield, 1883-6. Married Harriet, dau. of James White Higgins, of Hormead Bury, Herts., July 31, 1834. A close friend of Edward FitzGerald; intimate with Thackeray, Tennyson and other distinguished contemporaries. His College Diary and Scrap Book are in Trinity College Library. For an interesting study of his College friendships and character, see John Allen and his Friends, by Anna O. Allen. Edited Cudworth's Treatise of Free Will. Author, Sermons, etc. Died Dec. 13, 1886, at Lichfield. M.I. in Lichfield Cathedral; memorial window in Prees Church. Brother of James (1819) and father of John H. (1860). (Bibliotheca Staffs.; Burke, L.G.)