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Adm. pens. (age 17) at TRINITY, Apr. 11, 1814. [Eldest] s. of Robert William Disney [Medical practitioner], of Leeds. B. [Mar. 4, 1797], at Pontefract. School, Richmond, Yorks. ' Matric. Michs. 1815; Scholar, 1817; B.A. (8th Wrangler) 1819; Chancellor's Classical medal, 1819; Members' prize, 1820 and 1821; M.A. 1822; B.D. 1842. Fellow, 1820; Assistant tutor, 1822-34; Junior Dean, 1829-32; Senior Dean, 1832-6; Tutor, 1833-44. Vice-Master, 1843-4. President of the Union, 1818. First President of the Cambridge Carnden Society, 1839. Adm. at the Middle Temple, Nov. 26, 1824. Ord. deacon and priest, 1829. Archdeacon and Chancellor of Bristol, 1836-73. R. of Kemerton, Gloucs., 1839-77. Author, Sermons and Charges. Died Feb. 24, 1877. Brother of Disney L. (1824) and Johnson (1837). (Boase, III. 964; Inns of Court; Crockford; Burke, L.G.).