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Adm. pens. (age 17) at ST JOHN'S, July 15, 1765. S. of Samuel, gent., of Yorks. B. at Sheffield. School, Beverley (Mr Ward). Scholar, 1766; matric. Michs. 1768; B.A. 1770; M.A. 1774. Fellow, 1772-7. Ord. deacon (York) Oct. 28, 1770; priest, June 21, 1772; C. of Ravenfield, Yorks., 1772-8. C. of St Paul's, Sheffield, 1778-88. Minister of St James's Church, Sheffield, 1788-1816. R. of Hardmead, Bucks., 1802-16. P.C. of Mexborough, Yorks. Married, Dec. 17, 1777, Elizabeth Gunning, of Swainswick, Somerset. Died Nov. 10, 1816, in Guernsey; buried at Ravenfield. (St John's Coll. Adm., III. 709; G. Mag., 1816, II. 635.)