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Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Apr. 15, 1809. [2nd s. of Thomas, attorney, of Helston, Cornwall. B. Nov. 19, 1790. School, Winchester.] ' Matric. Michs. 1809; Scholar, 1811; B.A. (10th Wrangler) 1813; M.A. 1826. Ord. deacon (Bristol) Nov. 20, 1813; R. of Cardynham, Cornwall, 1814-45. Chaplain to Lord Rollo, 1840. Preb. of Exeter, 1833-45. Dean of Exeter for a few weeks: appointed by Queen Victoria, but Bishop Philpotts contested the appointment. One of the subjects of Freeman's Essays. Married, Jan. 4, 1815, Sarah, dau. of James Willyams, of Carnanton. Author, Sermons and Reports. Died Feb. 26, 1845. Buried at Cardynham. Father of the next; brother of Charles (1828). (Cornub. Coll., 301; Foster, Index Eccles.; Clergy List; G. Mag., 1845, II. 91; Glynn Grylls.)