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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Dec. 2, 1803. 3rd, sic [5th] s. of [Frederick] Lord Boston (above) [and Christiana, dau. of P. Methuen, Esq., of Corsham House, Wilts.]. [B. Dec. 16, 1784.] School, Eton. ' Matric. Lent, 1806; M.A. 1807. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Jan. 21, 1804. Ord. deacon (Winchester) Dec. 20, 1807; priest (Peterb.) Mar. 18, 1809; R. of Whiston, Northants., 1809-51. R. of Cottesbrooke, 1814-65. Hon. Canon of Peterborough, 1845. Married (1) Dec. 2, 1814, Patience Anne, dau. of Sir William Champion de Crespigny, Bart., and had issue; (2) Sept. 8, 1835, Wilhelmina, dau. of David Powell, of Loughton, Essex, and had further issue; (3) Aug. 9, 1849, Augusta, dau. of John B. Cowell, Esq. Died suddenly Feb. 10, 1865. M.I. at Moulton Grange, Northants. Father of the next; brother of William A. (1801). (Eton Sch. Lists; Inns of Court; Burke, P. and B., 1940, both of which give 5th s. of Lord Boston; Cant. Act Bk.; Northants. Clergy; Foster, Index Eccles.; Crockford; G. Mag., 1865, I. 385.)