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Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, Apr. 29, 1811. [S. of Capt. Rice. B. Oct. 5, 1791, in London. Schools, private.] ' Matric. Michs. 1811; Scholar, 1814; B.A. 1815; M.A. 1819. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Feb. 19, 1815; priest (Chester) Dec. 24, 1815; C. of St Mary's, Leicester, 1815. V. of St Andrew's, Liverpool, 1815-50. V. of Christ Church, Waterloo, Liverpool, 1850-89. Archdeacon of Liverpool, 1855-87. Married, 1816, Hannah, dau. of John Pares, banker, of Leicester. Author, Sermons, etc. Died Dec. 5, 1889, aged 98, being probably the oldest clergyman in the Church of England. Father of Ambrose (1844) and of John H. (1840). (Boase; Crockford; D.N.B.)