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Adm. sizar (age 17) at TRINITY, Feb. 2, 1819. S. of Thomas, of Orton, Westmorland. B. there [1801]. Schools, Orton (Rev. Mr Moss) and Appleton (Mr Walter). ' Matric. Michs. 1820. Migrated to Caius, May 20, 1822; Scholar, 1822-5; B.A. 1825. Ord. deacon (Durham) 1825; priest, Sept. 16, 1826. P.C. of Low St Mary, Harrogate, 1827-39. V. of Kirk Leatham, Yorks., 1839-54. C. of E. Cowton, 1856. C. of Bolton, near Bradford, 1868-73. Married (2) July 25, 1850, Elizabeth, dau. of Jeremiah Rhodes. Author, Psalms and Hymns, etc. Died Mar. 27, 1882, at Oaklands, Grange-over-Sands. Father of Henry R. (1864) and perhaps of Arthur P. (1853). (Venn, II. 184; Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology; Crockford.)