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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Jan. 22, 1800. 2nd s. of [Jane Elizabeth (Leslie), Countess of Rothes, by her 2nd husband] Sir Lucas Pepys, Bart., physician, F.R.S., of London. [B. Sept. 22, 1783.] School, Harrow. ' Matric. Easter, 1802; M.A. 1802. Ord. deacon (Winchester) Oct. 2, 1803; priest, Mar. 2, 1806; C. of Wootton, Kent, 1803-6. V. of Shephall, Herts., 1806-37. Preb. of Exeter, 1809-49. R. of Wetherden, Suffolk, 1809-49. Chaplain to King George III and Queen Charlotte, and, later, Chaplain-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria. Succeeded his brother, Sir Charles, as 3rd Bart., Feb. 4, 1833, retaining his mother's surname. Married, Jan. 15, 1816, Elizabeth Jane, dau. of the Rev. James Oakes, R. of Tostock, Suffolk. Died s.p. Dec. 9, 1849, when the baronetcy devolved on his first cousin, Charles Christopher Pepys (1797), 1st Earl of Cottenham. Half-brother of the above. (Harrow Sch. Reg.; St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 358; Burke, P. and B. (sub Rothes); G.E.C. (sub Pepys).)