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Adm. (age 18) at KING'S, a scholar from Eton, Apr. 25, 1766. S. of the Rev. Joshua [Christ Church, Oxford], R. of Chagford, Devon. B. there Mar. 1747. ' Matric. Michs. 1766; B.A. 1770; Members' prize, 1771 and 1772; M.A. 1773. Fellow, 1769-99. Ord. deacon (London) Dec. 21, 1769; C. of Chesterton, Cambs., 1771. Whitehall preacher. Author, Remarks on Mr Hume's Dialogues on Natural Religion, and a pamphlet on the Confessional. Died Dec. 17, 1799, in College. Buried in the chapel. Brother of John (1773). (Eton Coll. Reg.; G. Mag., 1799, II. 1187.)