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Adm. sizar (age 19) at ST JOHN'S, Mar. 17, 1747-8. S. of George, gent., of Middlesex. Bapt. at St Dunstan-in-the-West, London, Aug. 19, 1728. School, Sedbergh. Colleger at Eton, 1742-6. ' Matric. 1748; B.A. 1753; M.A. 1770. Ord. deacon (Lincoln, Litt. dim. from Norwich) Feb. 23; priest (Canterbury) Sept. 23, 1752. Master at Dent School, Yorks. Head Master of King's School, Chester. R. of Buckland, Gloucs., 1776-84. Minor Canon of Chester, 1780. Died Feb. 1784. (Scott-Mayor, III. 575; G. Mag.)