He was born in Oxford; educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge; and ordained in 1769.Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752-1900 Vol. ii. Chalmers – Fytche, (1944) p420 He held livings at Gillingham, Dorset and West Lavington, Wiltshire. He was Dean of Derry from 1783 until his death."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. pp344/5 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
