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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Jan. 4, 1821. Of Surrey. [4th s. of William (1782), R. of Pulverbatch, Salop, and formerly Head of Cheam School. B. Jan. 26, 1803, at Cheam, Surrey.] ' Matric. Michs. 1821. Migrated to Queens', Oct. 22, 1822; B.A. 1825; M.A. 1828. R. of St Andrew's, Hertford, 1829-35, when he resigned and seceded from the Church of England. Preached for 33 years in a chapel at Port Vale, Bengeo, Herts., built for him by his followers. Married (1) Henrietta Jeffreys; (2) Charlotte Guise. Died Jan. 10, 1871, at Pulverbatch. Brother of William (1808) and Richard (1827). (Benson, Memorials of B. Gilpin, with portrait; Boase, I. 1151; Gilpin Pedigree; Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian Society.)