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Adm. pens. (age 18) at PETERHOUSE, May 16, 1791. Of Cheshire. [S. of Robert of Congleton, by Mildred, dau. of the Rev. Robert Porteous (1725).] School, Macclesfield. ' Matric. Lent, 1792; B.A. (14th Wrangler) 1795; M.A. 1798; D.D. 1816. Fellow, 1796. Ord. deacon (London) May 22, 1796; priest, Aug. 27, 1797. Chaplain to the Bishop of London, his great-uncle. R. of St George's, Hanover Square, London, 1803-44. Chaplain to the King. V. of Hillingdon with Uxbridge, Middlesex, 1810-40. Archdeacon of St Albans, 1814-16. Dean of Chester, 1815-20. Dean of Carlisle, 1820-44. Chaplain-General to the Forces, 1824. V. of St Peter's, Eaton Square, 1827-44. Married, 1804, Mary, dau. of Col. Martin Tucker. Died Oct. 10, 1844. Father of Beilby P. (1826). (T. A. Walker, 361; Foster, Index Eccles.; Cant. Act Bk.)