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Adm. pens. (age 16) at PEMBROKE, Mar. 30, 1776. S. [and h.] of the Rev. George (1746), R. of Rushton All Saints, Northants. [and Rosamund, dau. of D'Arcy Preston]. B. there. Bapt. Aug. 6, 1759. School, Eton. Scholar, 1776; matric. Lent, 1777; B.A. (14th Wrangler) 1780; M.A. 1783; D.D. 1808. Fellow, 1786. D.D., ad eundem, Oxford, 1810. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) Sept. 2, 1781. V. (seq) of Hinxton, Cambs., 1786. R. of Nuneham-Courtenay, Oxon., 1786. Chaplain to the King, 1787-1825. Preb. of Durham, 1794. Succeeded to his father's estates at Scarborough and Redholme, Yorks. Married (1) Christiana, dau. of Robert Fanshawe; (2) Lucy, dau. of William Parry, of King Street, Hereford. His only son, Francis Richard, assumed the name of Wegg-Prosser, 1849. Died July 29, 1825. Brother of the above and of George (1784). (Eton Coll. Reg.; Northants. Clergy; Al. Oxon.)