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Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, Jan. 13, 1792. Of Yorks. S. of , of Hull [Coll. Adm. Reg.]. Bapt. at St Marylebone, Middlesex, Dec. 25, 1769, as s. of Thomas and Catharine. ' Matric. Michs. 1792; Scholar, 1795, as of Middlesex; B.A. (3rd Wrangler) 1796. M.A. (Queens') 1799. Fellow of Queens', 1799. B.D. 1808. Proctor, 1805. Ord. deacon (Ely) Sept. 23, 1798; priest, Dec. 20, 1801. Tutor of Queens'; a candidate for the office of President, but not elected. A controversy ensued and the matter came before Lord Chancellor Eldon with the result that Henry Godfrey was elected. R. of Grimston, Norfolk, 1816-46. Married Eliza Tucker, dau. of Joseph Atkinson (formerly of Peterhouse), at St Botolph's, Cambridge, Nov. 3, 1817. Died Dec. 9, 1846. (St John's Coll. Adm., IV.)