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Adm. pens. (age 17) at ST JOHN'S, Mar. 17, 1798. S. of Samuel [dramatist, for whom see D.N.B.]. B. in London. Scholar, 1798; matric. Lent, 1799; Prizeman; B.A. 1802; M.A. 1805; D.D. 1828. Fellow, 1804-9. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Dec. 18, 1803; priest, June 9, 1805; C. of Stanground, Hunts., 1803. C. of Ibstock, Lincs., 1805. R. of St Mary Woolchurch, and St Mary Woolnoth, London, 1808-48. Geometry Lecturer at Gresham College, 1808. Chaplain to Sir Charles Floyer, Lord Mayor of London, 1808-9 and to his father 1814-5. Preb. of St Pauls', 1819-48. V. of Little Marlow, Bucks., 1833-48. Married Margaret, dau. of William Browning, Esq., of Woburn Place, Bedford Square, London, Apr. 15, 1811. Author, Sermons. Died June 24, 1848, at Little Marlow. Father of Edwin R. (1846) and of the next. (Cant. Act Bk.; St John's Coll. Adm., IV.)