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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, May 8, 1762. S. of Richard (1714, CCE4688), clerk, of Leics. B. at Thurcaston. School, Manchester. ' Matric. Michs. 1762; Scholar; Prizeman; B.A. (Senr. Wrangler) 1766; M.A. 1769; B.D. 1776. Fellow, 1767. Tutor, 1768. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) June 10, 1770. Whitehall preacher, 1773. Chaplain to Richard Hurd, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, 1775. Sub-preceptor to the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York, 1776-81. Precentor of Lichfield, 1778; Preb., 1778-97. Canon of Windsor, 1779-1802. Became insane, 1782; his delusion seemed to be ambition. [For an account of his sad affliction, see Kilvert, Life and Correspondence of Bishop Hurd.] Continued under restraint until his death. Author, Sermon; The Important Station of an English University. Died Aug. 5, 1802, at Leicester. Monumental inscription at Thurcaston. Will (P.C.C.) Nov. 1802. (Scott-Mayor, Pt III; Le Neve, Fasti Eccles.)