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Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 8, 1770; a Ten-year man. S. of John, farmer and grazier. B. at Millom, Cumberland. Name off, May 6, 1780. P.C. of Edenham, Lincs., c. 1780. V. of Swinstead, 1771-1820. R. of Somerby with Humby, 1771-89. R. of Wyberton, 1789-1821. J.P. and D.L. for Lincs. Married (1) ; (2) Jan. 25, 1786, Catherine Fox, of Cambridge; (3) Apr. 1, 1797, Miss Gilliat, of Whitehaven; (4) May 21, 1803, Alice, dau. of Jessop Thorold and widow of Anthony Wrightson, of Shipley Hall, Yorks. Of Shipley Hall, Yorks. J.P. and D.L. for Yorks. Died Apr. 11, 1821, aged 82. Father of the next. (St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 393; G. Mag., 1803, II. 689; Lincs. Pedigrees, 977; P. B. G. Binnall.)