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Adm. pens. at QUEENS', Apr. 21, 1757. Of Lincolnshire. [S. of the Rev. Ellis (1709), R. of Gretford (or Greatford).] ' Matric. Michs. 1758; B.A. 1762; M.A. 1765. Of Stamford, Lincs. Clerk in Holy Orders. A respectable gentleman, of ample fortune. Though early ordained, he never held any benefice, but spent a long life in those charitable practices and friendly offices which will make his memory estimable and his loss severe. Married, 1774, Elizabeth Torkington, relict of the Earl of Harborough. Died Mar. 16, 1804. Buried at Gretford. M.I. there. Father of the above, and grandfather of the next. (Manchester Gr. Sch. Reg., II. 156 (sub Francis L.); Monson, Lincs. Church Notes; G. Mag., 1804, I. 383; Nichol, Leics., II. 346; Annual Reg.; P. B. G. Binnall.)