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Adm. sizar at CLARE, Sept. 25, 1780. [Eldest s. of John, V. of Humberstone, Leics.] B. at Humberstone, 1762. [School, Uppingham.] ' Matric. Michs. 1781; B.A. (2nd Wrangler) 1785; 2nd Smith's Prizeman; M.A. 1788. Fellow, 1786-95; Tutor, 1789-94. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) June 29, 1787; priest, Dec. 12, 1790. V. of Humberstone, Leics., 1794-1856 and V. of Sileby, 1795-1856. His grandfather had also previously held the benefice of Humberstone, which thus continued in the family during 142 years. According to his own account (advertisement to Naology) he spent a long and happy life as a retired student, occupying himself chiefly with mythological and philosophical studies. Author, The Metamorphosis of Sona, a Hindu tale in verse, 1810; A Dissertation showing the identities of Rivers Niger and Nile, 1821; Naology, 1846; The Anti-Materialist, 1849. Died Jan. 7, 1856, at Sileby. See G. Mag., Feb. 1856, pp. 197-8, for an appreciation of him. Perhaps father of Charles (1818). (D.N.B.; Boase, I. 923; Cant. Act Bk.)