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Adm. sizar at SIDNEY, Oct. 7, 1776. Only s. of the Rev. Henry (1742), R. of Yelling, Hunts. (and Eling, dau. of the Rev. Thomas Bishop, D.D., Minister of St Maryle-Tower, Ipswich). B. Mar. 9, 1759, at Clapham, Surrey. School, Hipperholme, Yorks. (Mr Sutcliffe). ' Matric. Michs. 1777; Scholar, 1777; B.A. 1781; M.A. 1786. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Sept. 22, 1782; priest (Gloucester) 1783; C. to his father at Yelling. R. of Little Dunham, Norfolk, 1783-92. R. of Clapham, Surrey, 1792-1813. R. of Great Tey, Essex, 1804-13. One of the founders of the Church Missionary Society, 1797, and the central figure of the Clapham 'Sect.' Friend of Charles Simeon. Married (1) Oct. 22, 1789, Katherine, only dau. of William King, merchant of Hull, and had issue; (2) Aug. 25, 1812, Frances, 5th dau. of John Turton, Esq., of Sugnal, near Eccleshall, Staffs. Author, Sermons, etc. Died July 1, 1813, at Clapham; buried in the old churchyard. Father of the next and of Henry (1814). (J. Venn, Annals of a Clerical Family; Foster, Index Eccles.; Clerical Guide; D.N.B.; G. Mag., 1813, II. 91.)