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Adm. pens. (age 16) at CAIUS, July 8, 1785. S. of Thomas (1761), R. of Woolpit, Suffolk. B. July 24, 1768, at Occold. School, Ipswich (Mr King). Scholar, 1785-90; matric. Michs. 1786; Prizeman; B.A. (7th Wrangler) 1790; M.A 1793. Fellow, 1790-8. Dean, 1791-3. Hebrew Lecturer, 1797-8. Master of the Perse School, Cambridge, 1793-4; at Nuneaton School, 1794. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Nov. 21, 1790; priest (Ely) Dec. 8, 1793; C. at Wilby, Suffolk. V. of Shelland, 1793-1837. R. of Woolpit, 1831-7. Married Dorothy, dau. of Henry Homer, R. of Birdingbury, Dec. 26, 1798. Author, religious. Died Apr. 3, 1837. M.I. at Woolpit. Brother of William R. (1790) and father of Thomas S. (1817). (Venn, II. 112; D.N.B.)