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Adm. pens. (age 21) at CAIUS, Dec. 8, 1826. S. of Thomas Raper, of Clapham, Surrey (and Ann Barr). B. [Feb. 1, 1806], in London. Schools, Eton, Stoke Newington, London, and St Bees, Cumberland. ' Matric. Michs. 1827. Ord. deacon (Bath and Wells) 1830; priest, 1831; C. of Holcombe, Somerset, 1830. R. of Kenley, Salop, 1841-68. Chaplain to the Earl of Clarendon, 1842-68. D.D., Leipzig, 1843. C. of the Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton, 1842-7. Author, Sermons and tracts. Died Feb. 4, 1868. M.I. at Kenley. (Venn, II. 200; Boase, VI. 571; Crockford; Sir Wasey Sterry.)