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He was born in 1808, educated at Eton, tutored by Thomas Arnold , and then attended Christ Church College , University Of Oxford , where he took a first class degree in Greats . He was elected to a Fellowship at Merton College in 1832. He was made Deacon in 1833 and ordained Priest in December of the same year. He was a Curate at Wolvercote and at the parish of ''S. Peter-in-the-East'' in Oxford. He became Vicar of that parish in 1837 where he remained until 1841. He subsequently became a canon-resident of Salisbury and then bishop of said Diocese in 1854.

His private papers are currently in the possession of the Archives of Pusey House , Oxford.