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Adm. pens. ('age 19') at TRINITY, Oct. 10, 1801. [2nd] s. of [the Rev.] John (Christ Church, Oxford, 1763) [R.] of Spofforth, Yorks. (and Sarah Burchell). [B. Apr. 20, 1784.] School, Durham. ' Matric. Michs. 1802; B.A. 1806; M.A. 1809; D.D. 1825. Ord. deacon, 1807; priest, 1808. R. of Bondleigh, Devon, 1814-35. R. of Kentisbeare, 1825-29. R. of Blackborough, 1825-39. R. of South Bradon, Somerset, 1839-65. R. of Sampford Brett, 1830-9. R. of Silverton, Devon, 1839-65. J.P. for Somerset and Devon. Married, June 15, 1815, his first cousin, Frances, 2nd dau. of Brigadier-General William Owen, and had issue. Died Apr. 9, 1865, at Silverton rectory, "aged 80." (Walford, County Families; Burke, Colonial Gentry; Durham Sch. Reg.; Foster, Index Eccles.; Clerical Guide; Crockford; G. Mag., 1865, I. 660.)