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Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, May 30, 1816. Of Derbyshire. [S. of Matthew, schoolmaster, of Derby. B. there, Oct. 14, 1796. Previously taught at Quorn School, Leics.] ' Matric. Michs. 1816; Scholar, 1819; B.A. (9th Wrangler) 1820; M.A. 1823. Fellow, 1823-9. Ord. priest (Norwich) June 17, 1821; C. of Anmer, Norfolk, 1821-2. C. of Stapleford, Cambs. also held curacies at Penzance and at Clifton. P.C. of Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset, 1826-47. Married, Sept. 5, 1829, Anna Maria, dau. of Major James Henry Brooke, Bengal Artillery. Resided latterly in London. Secretary of the National Temperance Society, 1851-3. Died, s.p., Jan. 26, 1853; buried at Hinton Charterhouse. Will (as of 4, St James's Square, Notting Hill) dated Jan. 11; proved (P.C.C.), Feb. 14, 1853. Uncle of Herbert Spencer. (D.N.B.; R. M. Glencross; Boase, III. 687.)