Education
Pembroke College.
Pembroke College.
His father was a London goldsmith. He was educated at Christ"s Hospital, and matriculated at Pembroke College in 1726, graduating Bachelor of Arts in 1730 and Master of Arts in 1733. He became a Fellow of Pembroke in 1735.
Ordained as Anglican priest in 1736, he became vicar of Shepreth from 1737.
He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1771-1772. From 1771 he was vicar of Stretham.