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Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 23) at MAGDALENE, June 6, 1785. S. of Philip, of Ipswich. [B. December 21, 1761, at Ipswich. Educated privately.] ' Matric. Easter, 1786; LL.B., 1791. Ord. deacon, 1788; priest, 1789; C. of Cottingham, Yorks, 1788. C. of Barwick-in-Elmet, October 1789. P.C. of St John's, Hull (a new church), 1791-1846. Master of the Charterhouse, Hull, 1833-47. V. of North Ferriby, 1834-47. Author, Sermons (posthumously published); On the Doctrines of the Church of England; On the Death of the Reverend Miles Atkinson, etc. A great benefactor to the town of Hull. Died August 23, 1847. (D.N.B.; Clergy Lists.)