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Adm. (age 17) at KING'S, a scholar from Eton, June 26, 1765. [Doubtless s. of the Rev. John (1721), V. of Shotesham, Norfolk (and Sarah).] B. at Halstead, Essex. Bapt. there, May 4, 1747. ' Matric. Michs. 1765; B.A. 1769; M.A. 1772. Fellow, 1768-91. Ord. priest (Peterb.) 1771. R. of Stower Provost-cum-Todbere, Dorset, 1791-1826. Died Dec. 10, 1826, at Halstead. Bequeathed £7000 to the University (£5000 on trust for the purchase of books in aid and augmentation of the University Library) and £500 to King's College. Doubtless father of the next. (C.U. Hist. Reg., 173, note 13, which erroneously gives 1829 as date of death); Eton Coll. Reg.; Northants. Clergy; G. Mag., 1826, II. 570.)