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Adm. pens. at QUEENS', Jan. 25, 1769. Of Middlesex. [3rd s. of Taylor, Recorder of Stamford (and Frances, dau. of Major-General John Armstrong). B. Jan. 14, 1750.] ' Matric. Michs. 1769; LL.B. 1775; LL.D. 1781. V. of Lavington (or Lenton), Lincs., 1774-1824, and R. of Conington, Hunts., 1782-1824. V. of Langtoft, Lincs. V. of Lidlington, Beds. Married, Apr. 5, 1774, Elizabeth Hannah, dau. of the Rev. William Sellon, and had issue. Inherited from an aunt considerable freehold property in London. Bought an estate at Castor, near Peterborough, in 1796. Died at Castor, near Peterborough, Sept. 30, 1824. Brother of Taylor (1763) and Thomas (1764). Grandfather of the next. (Burke, P. and B.; Clerical Guide; G. Mag., 1824, II. 570; Burke, L.G.; Al. Oxon. erroneously suggests that he is identical with a Christ Church entrant of 1766.)