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Adm. sizar (age 18) at ST JOHN'S, Jan. 12, 1802. S. of Robert, attorney, of Bene't Street, Cambridge. B. Aug. 10, 1784, at Cambridge. Schools, Cambridge (Mr Ware) and Linton (Mr Curteis). ' Matric. Michs. 1804; Scholar, 1805; B.A. (6th Wrangler) 1806. Migrated to Sidney, Mar. 3, 1808; M.A. 1809; B.D. 1816. Fellow of Sidney. Ord. deacon (Lincoln, Litt. dim. from Ely) Dec. 8, 1807; priest (Salisbury, Litt. dim. from Ely) Dec. 20, 1808; C. of Grantchester, Cambs., 1807. Lecturer of Gt St Andrew's, Cambridge, 1816. R. of Week St Mary, Cornwall, 1821-52. R. of West Buckland, Devon, 1831-52. Archdeacon of East Cornwall, 1842-5. An active County Magistrate. Married, Aug. 23, 1821, Sarah Gee, of Cambridge. Died Feb. 27, 1852, at Week St Mary, from the effects of a wound in his arm, received from the claw of a favourite cat. Father of the next, of William (1845) and Frederick (1852). (G. Mag., 1852, I. 423; Boase, Coll. Cornubiensia, which calls him William Walter; St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 266; Cant. Act Bk.)