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Adm. pens. (age 18) at ST JOHN'S, July 8, 1824; re-adm. sizar, May 27, 1825. Of Lancashire. [S. of John, cotton-manufacturer, of Astley Leigh. B. May 24, 1807.] School [Leigh Grammar and Manchester]. ' Matric. Michs. 1825; Scholar, 1828; B.A. (23rd Wrangler) 1829; M.A. 1832. Fellow, 1833-7. Ord. deacon (Lincoln, Litt. dim. from Ely) Mar. 3, 1833; priest (Carlisle, Litt. dim. from Ely) June 9, 1833. Private tutor to the son of General Cosmo Gordon, 1829. Minor Canon of Ely, 1833. Head Master of Ely Cathedral School, 1833-4. V. of St Mary's, Ely, 1833-73. Married (1) Oct. 12, 1836, Barbara Ann, dau. of Robert Robson, of Newmarket; (2) 1859, Mary, 4th dau. of Joseph Little, Esq., J.P., of Bedford House, Ely. Died Dec. 13, 1873. Father of Kenelm H. (1856). (Jeffrey P. Smith; R. G. Ikin; Clergy List.)