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Adm. sizar at CHRIST'S, Nov. 20, 1821; a Ten-year man. [B. 1790.] ' Matric. Lent, 1830; B.D. (Stat. Eliz.) 1832; D.D. 1837. Head Master of Horncastle Grammar School, Lincs., 1818-54. R. of Martin, 1824-54. R. of Sotby, 1827-54. P.C. of Baumber, 1828-54. Chaplain to the 4th and 5th Dukes of Newcastle, 1845-54. Author, A Manual of the Rudiments of Theology; An Elegy on the Death of the Duke of Wellington. On the 2nd ult., at a Congregation at Cambridge, the degree of Doctor in Divinity was conferred upon the Rev. J. B. Smith, of Christ's College, formerly a compositor in York. This gentleman, who has advanced himself by his own close application to the highest degree of University honours, was apprenticed to the late Mr W. Blanchard, printer of the York Chronicle. Manchester Chronicle. Died Mar. 10, 1854, at Martin, from injuries received in a railway accident. Father of the next. (Peile, II. 407; Boase, VI. 582; G. Mag., 1854, I. 552.)