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LL.D. 1728 S. of the Earl of Hyndeford. B. 1702. Adm. at the Inner Temple, 1719. R. of Oving, Bucks., 1731-7. V. of Drayton Beauchamp, 1737-46. Archdeacon of Buckingham, 1742-53. Preb. of Lincoln, 1745. Chaplain to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. V. of Wing, Bucks., 1746-53. R. of Weire, 1747. Preb. of Lincoln, 1747-53. V. of Aston Abbotts, 1727-53. Bishop of Clonfert, 1753; of Ferns, 1758; of Meath, 1758. Archbishop of Dublin, 1765. Died at Bath, Dec. 15, 1765. (G.E.C.; Cotton, Fast. Hib.)