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Adm. Fell.-Com. at TRINITY HALL, Jan. 1, 1805; from Magdalen Hall, Oxford, whence he had matric. May 18, 1801, age 25. S. of Luke, of Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, gent. ' Matric. Easter, 1805; LL.B. 1807. R. of Shelton, Beds., 1808-13. Not in Clergy List, 1841, etc. A frequent contributor to the Gentleman's Magazine on architectural subjects under the signature of Saxon. Doubtless a descendant of William and Elizabeth Elstob, of Sedgefield, Durham, theSaxon scholars. Died July 30, 1845, aged 70, at Lambeth. (G. Mag., 1846, II. 662; R. Welford, Men of Mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed, II. 172; Al. Oxon.; Foster, Index Eccles., as Elstobb.)