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Adm. pens. at QUEENS', June 4, 1823. [3rd s. of Thomas, gent., of London.] B. in 1798. A student at Glasgow University, 1821-3. ' Matric. Michs. 1823; B.A. 1827; M.A. 1830. Hulsean Lecturer, 1838-41. Sometime C. in Hunts. and Essex. Assistant Preacher at the Temple, 1835-45. R. of Newhaven, Sussex, 1846-8. Received King Louis Phillippe of France when he took refuge in England, 1848. V. of Wymondham, Norfolk, 1848-52. Hon. Canon of Norwich, 1850. Married Rebecca, 2nd dau. of Thos. Williams, of Coate, Oxon. Author, Sermons and Lectures. Died May 4, 1852. (Compton Reade, The Smith Family, 241; ' Matric. Album, Glasgow, which calls his father Richard; Clergy List; G. Mag., 1852, II. 97, 317; Boase, III. 646; D.N.B.)