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Adm. at KING'S, a scholar from Eton, Nov. 5, 1798. [Eldest] s. of - [the Rev. Robert (1767; CCE19952), V. of Kenilworth (and Hannah, dau. of John Bird, of London)]. B. [and bapt.] Feb. 25, 1780, at Kenilworth. ' Matric. Michs. 1798; Browne medal (Latin Ode), 1800; Hulsean prize, 1802; B.A. 1803; M.A. 1807; D.D. 1828. Fellow, 1801-3. Assistant Master at Eton, 1802-17; Fellow of Eton, 1817-21. Ord. deacon, 1803. V. of Mapledurham, Oxon., 1818-28. Preb. of Durham, 1820-8. Bishop of Chester, 1828-48. Archbishop of Canterbury, 1848-62. Married, Mar. 31, 1803, Marianne, dau. of Capt. George Robertson, R.N., and had issue. Died Sept. 6, 1862, at Addington Park, Surrey; buried in the churchyard there. Recumbent effigy in the nave of Canterbury Cathedral. Brother of Charles R. (1810) and Robert (1800), (Eton Coll. Reg.; D.N.B.; A. H. Cooke.)