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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, July 4, 1811. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. Richard George, of Lichfield. B. at Lichfield [Feb., 1792]. School, Rugby. ' Matric. Michs. 1811; Scholar, 1811; B.A. (16th Wrangler) 1815; Members' prize, 1816; M.A. 1818; B.D. 1826; D.D. 1836. Fellow, 1816-28. Ord. deacon (Bristol) May 26, 1816; priest (Ely) Mar. 14, 1819. Whitehall Preacher, 1821. R. of Gt. Warley, Essex, 1827-66. Hon. Canon of Rochester, 1862-6. J.P. for Essex. F.S.A., 1824. Married, Apr. 1828, Margaret Ann, dau. of Joseph Clay, of Burton-on-Trent. Edited Euripides Electra; Acta Apostolorum; Church Reform on Christian Principles; Usher's Body of Divinity; Zürich Letters. Died at Gt. Warley, May 18, 1866; buried there. Brother of Disney (1822) and of William W. (1822). (Crockford; D.N.B.; Boase, III. 224.)