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Adm. pens. (age 19) at PETERHOUSE, Oct. 4, 1823. [4th] s. of Richard [sometime of Gisborne Park, Clitheroe, Lancs. B. Nov. 20, 1804]. ' Matric. Michs. 1824; B.A. (26th Wrangler) 1828; M.A. 1831. Fellow, 1830. Senior Proctor, 1834-5. Ord. deacon, 1829; priest, 1830. P.C. of Little St Mary's, Cambridge, 1833-5. V. of Cherry Hinton, Cambs., 1835-6. R. of Witnesham, Suffolk, 1836-85. Hon. Canon of Norwich, 1852. Married, Jan. 3, 1837, Miss Newland. Died Nov. 14, 1885, aged 80, at Witnesham rectory; buried under the floor of the vestry at Witnesham which he had built when he restored the church at his own expense. Brother of Robert (1836) and Richard (1834). (T. A. Walker, 418; Crockford; The Guardian, Nov. 25, 1885; Manchester Sch. Reg., III. 141.)