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Adm. pens. at CORPUS CHRISTI, Nov. 26, 1816, as John. Of Middlesex. [B. 1793.] ' Matric. Lent, 1817; Scholar, 1817 (John); B.A. 1821; M.A. 1824. Ord. deacon (London) May 28, 1820; priest, Dec. 23, 1821. Minor Preb., Senior Canon and Senior Cardinal of St Paul's, 1826-61. Priest-in-ordinary to H.M. Chapel Royal, 1829-61. V. of Sandon, Herts., 1829-33. R. of St Benet with St Peter, Paul's Wharf, London, 1835-51. V. of Tottenham, Middlesex, 1851-61. Editor and proprietor of The Christian Remembrancer. Died Dec. 16, 1861, at Beech House, High Road, Tottenham. Father of the next. (Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology; Boase, I. 1292; Foster, Index Eccles.; Crockford.)