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Adm. at KING'S, a scholar from Eton, Apr. 28, 1800. [2nd] s. of Peter Sterling [Surgeon, of Peas Hill, Cambridge]. Bapt. Nov. 29, 1781, at Cambridge. Schools, Rugby and Eton (1793-9). ' Matric. Michs. 1800; B.A. 1804; M.A. 1807. Fellow, 1803-27. C. of Kersey and Lindsey, Suffolk, 1806-8 and 1810-16. Diverted to medicine, 1822. Died Feb. 4, 1827, at Gt Yarmouth. Buried there. See D.N.B. for his sister, Mary Ann, author of many pious books. (Rugby Sch. Reg.; Eton Sch. Lists; King's Coll. Reg.; G. Mag., 1827, I. 282.)