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Adm. pens. (age 17, sic) at CHRIST'S, Oct. 15, 1767. S. of Edward, merchant [deceased] (and Mary). B. in Antigua. Bapt. Mar. 5, 1749-50, at St John's, Antigua. School [Eton and] Abingdon. ' Matric. Michs. 1767. Resided until Midsummer, 1770. Inherited his father's estates in Antigua, 1762. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) 1772; priest, 1774; C. of Whipsnade, Beds., 1772. R. of Great Addington, Northants., 1778-84. Married (1) Feb. 9, 1771, at St John's, Antigua, Lucy Thomas, and had issue; (2) Penelope - (d. 1779). Died Apr. 1, 1784. Father of the next. (Eton Coll. Reg.; Northants. Clergy; Peile, II. 285; V. L. Oliver, History of Antigua.)