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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 16, 1818. Of Lancashire. ' Matric. Lent, 1819; B.A. 1823; M.A. 1826; D.D. 1842. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) June 16, 1822. Chaplain to the Bishop of London and Tutor to the family of Sir Robert Peel. Secretary to the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge, 1831-42. V. of St Matthew's, Spring Gardens, London, 1832-42. Visited the Levant, 1840. First Bishop of Gibraltar, 1842-63. Married (1) Nov. 21, 1848, Louisa, dau. of Lieut.-Gen. Sir Patrick Stuart; (2) Jan. 6, 1855, Eleanor Jane, dau. of Col. Charles Mackenzie Fraser. Died Feb. 9, 1863, aged 62, at Gibraltar. (Boase, III. 986; Clergy List; G. Mag., 1863, I. 389; F. P. White; The Times, Feb. 11, 1863.)