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    ordained at Palsgrave , in Suffolk , Sept . 13 , 1775 , along with three of his former fellow students , Messrs . Barbauld , Beytion , and Pilkington ( Vol . V . p . 478 ) . He continued to discharge the duties of the ministerial office till about

    1788 , when , having married the daughter of William Hurry , Esq . of Yarmouth , he quitted the profession , and commenced the study of the law . He is now recorder of Ipswich , and steward of Norwich : and generally considered

    as one of the leaders of the high church party in that city , where he had so often advocated , with eloquence and success , the cause of civiJ and religious liberty * 17 ' 5- Francis Pierson , * Mow . thorpe Grange , Yorkshire ,

    Went into the army , and was major in the 95 th regiment , when he was killed in gallantly defending the islaud of Jersey from the unsuccessful attack of the

    French upon it , Jan . 6 , 1781 . — The representation of this catastrophe by the pencil of Copley ranks among our finest historical paintings . 176 . Charles Forster , Warring , ion ?

    Probably a younger son of Dr . J . R . Forster . 177 . Thomas Jervas , * Antigua . 17 8 . Jacob Jervas , * ditto . 179 . James Pilkington , * D . Horipvichj Lancashire . In 1774 settled at Ipswich , as assistant to the Ilev . Thomas Scott , and successor to the laie Mr .

    Wood , of Leeds . In 1774 he removed to Derby . About 1785 he published some elementary books for Sunday schools , and in J 79 O u A view of Derbyshire , ' in 2 vols . Svo . which is a work of very considerable tij ^ rit . He died at Ipswich , 1805 .

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    180 . Joseph Smith , D . Hyde , Cheshire . In 1774 settled at Shrewsbury , as assistant to Mr . Fownes , on the

    removal of Mr . Harrison ( No . 87 ) to Manchester . During his resi * . dence at Shrewsbury , through the influenceof William Tayleur , Esq . a liturgy was introduced into the course of the public service , and a joint address to the congregation , signed by the two ministers , was distributed on the occasion .

    In 1781 he removed to Liverpool , as successor to Dr . Clayton , at Benn ' s Garden . In 1790 he published 4 < Remarks on the Resolutions of the Archdeaconry of Chester on the subject of the Test

    Laws- ; ' * and some years after , on falling into a bad state of health , he resigned his office in an affectionate address to the congregation , including a handsome tri

    bute of respect to his worthy colleague . Though be afterwards recovered his health , he has not resumed the regular exercise of his profession . 181 . James Nibbs , C . Antigua .

    182 . John Lenper , C . Derby ,, Now J . L . Newton , Esq . as inheriting th ^ fortune of Robert Newton , Esq . of Norton House , Derbyshire , a man who , with some singularities , was a warm and active friend to civil and

    religious libeity , and a munificent patron of mi tie re ra in their cause , and of schemes for their promotion . See an interesting account of him , from the |> en of his fellow student , Mr . Turner , of Wakefield , in Belsham ' s Life of

    Lindsey * p 99 , n . 183 . Benjamin Arthur Heywood , C . Liverpool . A Banker in Liverpool And Manchester .

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    383 Students educated at the Warrington Academy .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1814, page 388, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2442/page/4/