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Adm. pens. at JESUS, June 28, 1745. S. and h. of Francis, of Barnsley, Yorks., Esq. Bapt. there, Feb. 22, 1726-7. ' Matric. 1745-6; Scholar; B.A. 1748-9; M.A. 1752; D.D. 1775. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) June 2, 1751; priest (York) Sept. 23, 1753. R. of Hemsworth, Yorks., 1763-90; Lord of the Manor. V. of Halifax, 1776-90. J.P. for the West Riding. Married Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Gore, of Horkstow, Lincs. Died Oct. 27, 1790, aged 64. Will, York. His brother Francis was created Bart. 1784. (Burke, Peerage; Hunter, S. Yorks., II. 427.)