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Adm. pens. (age 18) at PETERHOUSE, Apr. 29, 1765. S. of Stephen Martin [F.R.S., F.S.A], Garter King of Arms [for whom see D.N.B.) [and Anne, dau. of Fletcher Pewall, of Downton, Salop]. School, West Ham. ' Matric. Michs. 1766; Scholar, 1767; LL.B. 1775. Ord. deacon (London) Sept. 24, 1769; priest, Mar. 10, 1771. Morning Preacher at the Foundling Hospital. V. of Watlington, Oxon., and R. of Kencot, 1874-1801. R. of Chinnor in 1801. Chaplain to the Forces at Minorca. Died of apoplexy, Jan. 25, 1801, at sea, on a voyage to Minorca. (T. A. Walker, 327; G. Mag., 1784, II. 879.)