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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, June 23, 1781. Of Hunts. S. and h. of John, Esq., of Peterborough, and of Elton, Northants. [by Sarah, dau. of White Kennett, Preb. of Peterborough and grand-daughter of Dr White Kennett, Bishop of Peterborough]. Schools, Peterborough and Eton. ' Matric. Michs. 1781; Scholar, 1781; B.A. 1785; M.A. 1788; B.D. 1795. Fellow, 1788-1805. Senior Dean, 1799-1801 and 1802-5. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) June 26, 1785; priest, July 25, 1786. Domestic Chaplain to Spencer Madan, Bishop of Bristol, 1792, and Chaplain to the same, as Bishop of Peterborough, 1800. Domestic Chaplain to the Marquis of Winchester. V. of Madingley, Cambs., 1804-5. Possessed several books from the Library of Bishop Kennett with manuscript notes by the Bishop; also owned the MSS. of a work by Kenneth Gibson, R. of Masham and C. of Castor. Died unmarried Aug. 13, 1805, aged 42, of apoplexy. M.I. at Little Stukeley, Hunts. Brother of Edward (1789). (St John's Coll. Adm., IV.)