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Adm. pens. (age 19) at CAIUS, May 24, 1789. S. of the Rev. Jehoshaphat (above), R. of Peldon, Essex. B. at Felmingham, Norfolk. School, Newport, Essex. Scholar, 1789; matric. Lent, 1790; B.A. 1793. Elected Fellow, 1797, but not admitted. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) 1793. Went to Canada, as Commissary to his uncle, the Bishop, 1793. Minister at Quebec, 1797-1817. R. of Cornwall, Upper Canada, 1817-30. Married, 1811, Anna Maria, dau. of Matthew Scott. Died Sept. 18, 1830. (Venn, II. 117 and Addendum; G. Mag., 1830, II. 473; Dict. of Canadian Biog.)