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Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, Mar. 26, 1772. Of Cumberland. 2nd s. of William, mercer, of Penrith. B. 1754. School, Sedbergh. ' Matric. Michs. 1772; Scholar; B.A. (5th Wrangler) 1776; M.A. 1779; B.D. 1786; D.D. 1801. Fellow, 1776-89. Preceptor to the sons of George III, 1780. R. of St Peter and St Mary, Forncett, Norfolk, 1788-1804. Canon of Windsor, 1792-1820. R. of Binfield, Berks., 1804-20. R. of West Ilsley, 1808-20. Married Dorothy, dau. of John Cowper, R. of Penrith, Oct. 17, 1788. [His sister Anne was mother of the poet Wordsworth.] Died Feb. 24, 1820, at Windsor. Father of George (1812) and Christopher (1808). (Sedbergh Sch. Reg.; St John's Coll. Adm.)