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Adm. pens. (age 16) at CAIUS, Mar. 4, 1779. [7th] s. of the Rev. Robert (1744), of Huntingdon. B. there [1768]. Schools, St Ives (Mr Wheeldon) and Stilton (Mr Topping and Mr Proctor). Scholar, 1779-84; Tancred student; matric. Lent, 1782; M.B. 1784. Ord. deacon (Chester, Litt. dim. from Lincoln) Apr. 25, 1787; priest (Lincoln) June 3, 1787. P.C. of Little Raveley, Hunts., 1787-1833. R. of Thrapston, Northants., 1789-1828. Chaplain to the Asylum for Female Orphans. Chaplain-in-ordinary to the Prince of Wales (afterwards George IV). Married (1) Charlotte, dau. of the Rev. W. Affleck, and had issue; (2) Frances, dau. of G. Burden; (3) Margaret, dau. of Allen Holford. Author, Sermons, etc. Died Dec. 12, 1833, at Sharowe Lodge, Yorks. Father of Charles P. (1815). (Venn, II. 102; Hunts. Instit.; Family records; G. Mag., 1834, I. 338; D.N.B., which gives Margaret Holford as his second wife.)