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Adm. pens. (age 17) at TRINITY, Nov. 12, 1808. 3rd s. of Joseph (above), clerk, of Newton Hall, Northumberland. [B. May 19, 1791, at Alnwick.] School, Durham. ' Matric. Michs. 1808. Migrated to Christ's, Oct. 31, 1810; Scholar, 1811; B.A. 1813; M.A. 1816. Fellow of Christ's, 1814. [For the dispute concerning his election to a fellowship, see Peile, 11. 367.] Held various College offices. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Dec. 18, 1814; priest (Bristol) June 17, 1815. Mildmay Preacher, 1824. Senior Greek Lecturer. British Chaplain at Rome. Travelled in the East–including the desert of Sinai, in 1825. Died s.p. Mar. 3, 1825, at Wady Hebram, Arabia, near the springs of Elim. Buried there. M.I. in the College Chapel. (Peile, II. 367; H. M. Wood.)