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ROBERT WELLS. M.A., 1838, incorp. from Oxford. [Eldest s. of Edward, gent., of London .] Had matric. from St Edmund Hall, Oxford, Dec. 16, 1825, age 21; B.A. (Oxford) 1830; M.A. (Oxford) 1832. Ord. deacon (Lincoln), 1831; priest, 1832; C. of Gosberton, Lincolnshire , 1831-4. C. of Kingsdown, Kent , 1834. C. of Wool, Dorset , 1835-7. C. of Brasted, Kent , 1838-9. Chaplain, H.E.I.C.S., 1839-51. C. of Blackpool, Lancashire , 1851-5. C. of Ifield and Milton-next-Gravesend, Kent , 1855-7. C. of Appledore, Devon , 1857. C. of Dinton, Wiltshire , 1858. Chaplain at Leipzig, 1870-4. C.-in-charge of Lyminster, Sussex , 1877-8. Died Dec. 10, 1879. (Al. Oxon.; Clergy List; Crockford .)