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Adm. pens. (age 19) at ST JOHN'S, Jan. 29, 1753. S. of Thomas, gent., of Durham. B. at Bishop Auckland. School, Durham (Mr Dongworth). ' Matric. Michs. 1753; Scholar; B.A. (7th Wrangler) 1757; M.A. 1760. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Feb. 19, 1758; priest (Durham) Sept. 23, 1764; C. of Easington, Durham, 1764. Chaplain to the 7th Regt. of Dragoons in 1776. Married Mrs Norton, widow, at Bishop Auckland, Mar. 1776. (Mrs Norton had a jointure of £300 a year and a fortune of £15,000.) (Scott-Mayor, III. 618.)