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Adm. pens. (age 16) at ST JOHN'S, May 21, 1725. S. of John (above), R. of Sigglesthorne, Yorks. B. in Lambeth, Surrey. School, Beverley. ' Matric. 1725. Migrated to Sidney, Sept. 13, 1728. Scholar; B.A. 1728-9; M.A. 1732; B.D. 1739; D.D. 1752 ( Lit. Reg.). Fellow of Sidney, 1730. Incorp. at Oxford, 1738. Lady Margaret preacher, 1744-52. Incorp. at Dublin, 1752. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) May 24, 1730; priest, Apr. 8, 1733. Whitehall preacher. R. of Lockington, Yorks., 1748. Chaplain to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1751. Bishop of Ferns, 1752. Bishop of Clogher, 1758-82. Died Mar. 1, 1782, in Dublin. Will, Dublin. Brother of Henry (1725) and Barnard (1733). (D.N.B.)