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Adm. sizar (age 22) at MAGDALENE, Oct. 25, 1822. [Eldest] s. of Adam, M.D. [physician to the forces during the Peninsular War, of Plymouth (for whom see D.N.B.)] (and Margaret Young). B. Mar. 12, 1804. School, Westminster. [At Glasgow University, 1818.] ' Matric. Michs. 1822. Migrated to Emmanuel as a Fell.-Com. Oct. 10, 1825; B.A. 1828; M.A. 1832. Lecturer of St Hilda's Church, Jarrow, 1828. Ord. deacon, 1829; priest, 1830. V. of Adlingfleet, Yorks., 1835-44. R. of Kirton, Suffolk, 1844-53. V. of Exning with Landwade, 1854-83. Made a collection of autographs, and was an expert on handwriting. Married, Apr. 9, 1856, Elizabeth Ann, eldest dau. of John Scovell. Author, The Closing Scene; Life of the Duke of Kent; The Bishop's Daughter; The Life Book of a Labourer; The Old Minor Canon; The Early Resting-Places of the Just; The Dangers and Duties of a Christian; The Landlord's Duty to the Labourer; The Gaol Chaplain; Risen from the Ranks, etc. Died Nov. 23, 1883, at Exning vicarage. (Record of Old Westminsters; Boase, II. 1089; Crockford; D.N.B.)