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Adm. sizar at CORPUS CHRISTI, Sept. 15, 1766. Of London. [S. of the Rev. Rowland (1729), V. of Christ Church, Newgate Street.] ' Matric. Easter, 1767; Scholar, 1767; B.A. 1771; M.A. 1774. Fellow, 1772. D.D., Lambeth. Ord. deacon (London) Feb. 24, 1773; priest, June 11, 1775; Lecturer at Christ Church, Newgate Street, 1773. R. of Fulmodeston, Norfolk, 1778-1835; and of Thurning, 1778-1811. Gresham Professor of Astronomy, 1795. Domestic Chaplain to Dr Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1799-1805. V. of Newton, Cambs., 1810-35. R. (sinecure) of Ashbury, Berks., 1820-35. A friend of the antiquaries, Gough and Tyson. Died Sept. 13, 1835, aged 85, at Fulmodeston. Brother of the above. (St Paul's Sch. Reg.; Blomefield, Supp.; Cant. Act Book; G. Mag., 1835, II. 554.)