Background
He was the son of Daniel Wait of Bristol.
He was the son of Daniel Wait of Bristol.
He matriculated from University College, Oxford, on 20 October 1809, and moved over to Saint John"s College, Cambridge, where he graduated Bachelor of Laws in 1819 and Doctor of Laws in 1824.
He was ordained as curate in Pucklechurch, near Bristol, and on 12 March 1819 was presented to the rectory of Blagdon in Somerset. Married twice, to Priscilla Morgan Thorne in 1814 and to Eliza Wylde in 1819 and had several children. Wait died at Blagdon on 30 September 1850.