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Adm. at KING'S, a scholar from Eton, Dec. 14, 1799. [Eldest] s. of John (above), M.P., of Woollavington, Sussex (and Charlotte, only dau. of Richard Bettesworth, of Petworth, Sussex). B. Oct. 8, 1780, at Woollavington. Bapt. Nov. 9, 1780; Matric. Michs. 1799; B.A. 1804; M.A. 1807. Fellow, 1802-4. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Feb. 3, 1803. Ord. deacon, 1805; priest, 1806. R. of Graffham, Sussex, 1805-33, and of Woollavington, 1813-33. Married, Nov. 29, 1804, Mary, only child of Abel Smith. Father-in-law of Samuel Wilberforce and Henry Edward Manning.
Rebuilt the rectory of Graffham, and on his father's death became ‘Squire' of the district. Died May 3, 1833, at Woollavington. Author, A Memoir of the Rev. Henry Martyn, etc. Father of the next. (Eton Coll. Reg.; Inns of Court; D.N.B.; Foster, Clerical Guide.)