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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Dec. 8, 1828. [3rd] s. of John, (1785) of Conington Hall, Hunts. B. [Jan. 11, 1811], at Conington. School, Eton. ' Matric. Michs. 1829; B.A. (26th Wrangler) 1833. M.A., Lambeth, 1835. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Feb. 22, 1834; priest, Mar. 15, 1835; R. of Conington, Hunts., 1835-84. R. of Steeple Gidding, 1835-59. Hon. Canon of Ely, 1868-95. Rural Dean of Leightonstone (Div. 2), 1845-73. J.P. Married, July 1, 1839, Catherine Sophia, dau. of Admiral Thomas Sotheby. Died s.p. Mar. 9, 1895, at his residence in London. Brother of Robert B. (1823) and John M. (1817). (Eton Sch. Lists; Cant. Act Bk.; Burke, L.G.; Inc. of Hunts.; Scott, MSS.; Eagle, XIX. 198; The Times, Mar. 12, 1895.)