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Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, Sept. 29, 1792, as Jackson. Of Lancs. S. of . B. c. 1775, at Newsham, near Preston, Lancs. School, Kirkham Grammar (or Clitheroe). ' Matric. Michs. 1793; Scholar, 1796; B.A. (4th Wrangler) 1797; M.A. 1800; B.D. 1807; D.D. 1823, as Calvert. Fellow, 1798-1823. Senior Bursar, 1810-13. Elected Fellow of Christ's, May 20, 1815, but not admitted (see Peile, II. 337). Ord. deacon (Lincoln) June 3, 1798; priest (London) Dec. 21, 1800. Norrisian Professor of Divinity, 1815-24. Lady Margaret Preacher, 1819-24. Whitehall Preacher, 1819. V. of Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorks., 1822-40. Warden of the Collegiate Church of Manchester, 1823-40. Assumed the surname of Calvert in lieu of Jackson, by Royal Licence, Apr. 30, 1817. Purchased the estate of Woodplumpton in the parish of St Michael-on-Wyre-in-the-Field. Usually resided at Ardwick, near Manchester. Married Juliana, dau. of Sir Charles Watson, of Wratting Park, Cambs., Sept. 24, 1824. Author, Sermons. Died June 4, 1840, aged 64. Buried in the choir of Manchester Collegiate Church. Father of Charles T. (1844). (St John's Coll. Adm., IV; D.N.B.)