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Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, May 17, 1791. [6th] s. of John, merchant, of Wansford, Northants. [B. there, Nov. 15, 1772.] School, Oakham. ' Matric. Lent, 1792; Scholar, 1794; B.A. 1795; M.A. 1799. Ord. deacon (Lincoln, Litt. dim. from Peterb.) May 22, 1796; priest (Peterb.) July 9, 1799; C. of Edith-Weston, Rutland, 1796-1804. R. of Ridlington, 1804-46. R. of St Michael's, Stamford, 1808-11. V. of Great Marlow, Bucks., 1811. R. of Edmondthorpe, Rutland, 1811-46. Chaplain to the Prince Regent, 1798. Chaplain to Richard, Earl Cavan, 1808. J.P. for the Counties of Rutland, Northants. and Leics., and Chairman of Quarter Sessions. Married, May 2, 1805, at Hemel Hempsted, Herts., Sarah, 2nd dau. of the Rev. Robert Willan, Fellow of Trinity and V. of Cardington, Beds. Died May 2, 1846; buried at Ridlington, May 10, 1846. Will dated Feb. 24, 1837; proved (P.C.C.) June 26, 1846. M.I. at Ridlington. Brother of James (1781); father of Edward (1823) and the next. (St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 502; Northants. Clergy, XIII. 127; A. Tudor-Craig.)