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Adm. (age 18) at KING'S, a scholar from Eton, Aug. 2, 1760. [S. of the Rev. Robert (Lincoln College, Oxford, 1726) of Stockwith, Notts. (and Catharine); bapt. Oct. 17, 1740, at Misterton, Notts.] ' Matric. Michs. 1760; B.A. 1765; M.A. 1768. Fellow, 1765-76; resigned for a good estate. Of Brumby Wood Hall, Lincs. Married Catherine Barnett, and had issue. Died Dec. 14, 1795, aged 55. (Eton Coll. Reg.; Al. Oxon.; G. Mag., 1807, II. 688, records the death of a namesake in July 1807; some Lincolnshire authorities have identified him with Robert, above, but he was doubtless a cousin, s. of John, of Owston, Lincs. (and Anne Medley, of Gainsborough).)