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Adm. sizar (age 18) at ST JOHN'S, Jan. 13, 1817. Of Cornwall. [5th s. of Philip, Lieut.-Governor of Pendennis Castle (and Elizabeth Dobree). B. there, Sept. 14, 1798.] ' Matric. Michs. 1817; Scholar, 1820; B.A. (1st Smith's prize and 2nd Wrangler) 1821. Fellow (and tutor) of Peterhouse, 1822-9; M.A. 1824; B.D. 1836. The first Ramsden Preacher, 1849. Ord. deacon (Ely) Mar. 23, 1823; priest, Apr. 11, 1824. Inc. of Camden Chapel, Camberwell, 1829-43. Principal of Haileybury College, 1843-57. Chaplain of the Tower of London, 1840. Golden Lecturer at St Margaret's, Lothbury, 1850-6. Chaplain to Queen Victoria, 1853-71. Canon-Residentiary of St Paul's, 1856-71. R. of Barnes, Surrey, 1863-71. Had the reputation of being the most popular preacher in London and one of the greatest rhetoricians of his time. Married Margaret Alice, dau. of Capt. Richard Jennings, R.N. Author, Sermons and Lectures. Died Feb. 9, 1871, at Residentiary House, Amen Corner, London; buried in St Paul's Cathedral. Father of Maxwell (1850). (T. A. Walker, 413; Scott, MSS.; Boase, II. 838; Boase, Biblio. Cornub., I. 345 and 1279; Boase, Coll. Cornub., 552; D.N.B.)