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Adm. (age 17) at KING'S, a scholar from Eton, Jan. 9, 1789. [Eldest s. of the Rev. William (1763), and Margaret, dau. of Samuel Oliver, of Birstall, Leics.] B. at Eton, Bucks. [Bapt. Sept. 6, 1770.] ' Matric. Easter, 1789; B.A. 1793. Fellow, 1792. Assistant Master at Eton, 1792-8. Chaplain to Lord Boston. R. of Gayton-le-Marsh, Lincs., 1800-7. Married, Dec. 31, 1793, Sophia, dau. of Thomas Herbert, of Lewes, Sussex. Died Dec. 20, 1807. Brother of Frederick (1792) and William W. (1788). (Eton Coll. Reg.; Foster, Index Eccles.; G. Mag., 1793, II. 1214, and ibid. 1807, II. 1237.)