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an Anglican prelate, was born near Exeter in 1803. From Westminster School he was sent to Christ Church College, Oxford, where he graduated A.B. in 1824, and A.M. in 1826. He was appointed vicar of Rayeristhorpe, Northamptonshire, in 1835; Bampton lecturer at Oxford in 1846, and the first bishop of Adelaide, South Australia, in 1847. He died October 8, 1883.