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Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, July 8, 1819. Of Middlesex. ' Matric. Michs. 1820; B.A. 1824; M.A. 1832. Ord. deacon (Bristol, Litt. dim. from London) Apr. 3, 1825; priest (London) May 21, 1826. Tutor and travelling companion, in 1840, to the Princes William Anantamissa and John Ansale, of Ashanti, who were brought to England as hostages for a term of six years in accordance with a treaty signed in 1831. With them visited Falmouth shortly before their return in 1841. P.C. of Hook, Surrey, 1843-73. Member of Council of the Chronological Institute of London, 1851-2. F.R.A.S., 1868. Married, May 15, 1860, Elizabeth, dau. of Major Thomas Waters, Royal Marines, of Surbiton, Surrey. Author, The Sabbath; Peace on Earth; Vital Magnetism; The Law of Kindness; Memoir of the Rev. Robert Francis Walker; Pagan Rome (from the French); Abolition of Capital Punishment; Glance at the Heavens; etc. Died Nov. 17, 1873, aged 71, at Hook. Father of the above. (Wilson Harris, Caroline Fox, 318; Boase, VI. 441; Scott, MSS.; Crockford.)