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Adm. pens. (age 15) at CAIUS, Feb. 19, 1785. S. of John, furrier, of Diss, Norfolk. B. there. School, Bury (Mr Laurentz). Scholar, 1785-90; matric. Michs. 1786; B.A. 1790 (5th Wrangler); M.A. 1793; Schuldham prize, 1790; Members' prize, 1791. Fellow, 1790-1805. Dean, 1791. Bursar, 1799. President, 1803-5. Proctor, 1797. Master of the Perse School, Cambridge, 1791-3. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) June 12, 1803; priest, Dec. 18, 1803; R. of Blofield, Norfolk, 1805-47; Rural Dean, 1842. V. of Felmingham, 1830-4. J.P. for Norfolk. Married Louisa, dau. of Rev. Thomas Carthew, of Woodbridge Abbey, Suffolk. Donor of £100 to the College building fund. Author, Sermon. Died May 9, 1847. M.I. at Blofield. Father of Edward (1829), of John (above) and William (1827). (Venn, II. 110.)