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Adm. pens. (age 15) at ST JOHN'S, Sept. 17, 1770. [Eldest] s. of William (1724), M.D. [and Elizabeth, dau. of John Martin, of Overbury, Worcs.]. B. Sept. 28, 1754, at Overbury. School, Hackney. ' Matric. Michs. 1770; Scholar, 1773; B.A. 1774; (9th Wrangler, 1775); M.A. 1778. Fellow, 1775-80. Ord. deacon (Exeter) May 3, 1778; priest, Oct. 4, 1778. Appointed a Prebendary of Exeter Cathedral, Oct. 5, 1778, and continued so till his death in 1843. R. of Bridestowe with Sourton, Devon, 1779-86. V. of Bishop's Nympton, 1782-1834. Prebendary of Chichester, 1784-1843; of Wells, 1786-1843. R. of Whimple, Devon, 1786-1843. Res. Canon of Exeter, 1788-1843. Married (1) Dec. 19, 1784, Althea Hyde, dau. of the Rev. Francis Wollaston, R. of Chislehurst, Kent; (2) Apr. 21, 1794, Mary, dau. of Joseph Martin, M.P., of Ham Court, Worcs. Died Oct. 17, 1843, at Whimple. Buried in the Chapel of St John in Exeter Cathedral. M.I. in Whimple church. Halfbrother of Charles (1789) and of William (next). (St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 297; Clergy List; Cant. Act Bk.; G. Mag., 1845, I. 555, and 1784, II. 956.)