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Adm. sizar at JESUS, Dec. 1, 1781. Of Westmorland. S. of Edmund, of Dunnington, Yorks. ' Matric. Michs. 1782; Scholar, 1782; B.A. 1786; M.A. 1789. Ord. deacon (Ely) Sept. 25, 1785; priest, Dec. 21, 1788; C. of Stapleford, Cambs., 1785. V. of Sawston, 1786. C. of Pampisford, 1788. V. of St Clement's, Cambridge, 1806-35. V. of Griston, Norfolk, 1812. Familiarly known as His Majesty, having for many years borne the nickname of Og, King of Basan. Married Mary Anne Priscilla, dau. of Francis Henson, R. of South Kilvington, Thirsk, Yorks., at Sowerby. Died Nov. 30, 1835, aged 73, at Cambridge. Buried in the College chapel. M.I. (A. Gray; G. Mag.; R. F. Scott.)