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Son of Samuel Benyon , Esq . of Ash , near Shrewsbury , and descendant of Dr . Thomas Benyon , of Shrewsbury , one of the most eminent ministers and tutors among the early nonconformists .
He is mentioned witn great honour in the life of Philip Henry , from whom the present Mrs . Benyon is descended . Mr . Benyon , after being a year or two at Cambridge , ? studied the law in Lincoln ' s Inn ; and is now a considerable
chancery lawyer , and attorney-general of the county palatine of Chester . 305 . Hugh Munro . The present Sir Hugh Munro , of Foulis Castle , Ross-shire .
306 . Samuel Ogden Birch , * C . Became a merchant ; died at
Messina-307 . James Clerk , L . Edinburgh . An eminent advocate ; and sheriff of Edinburghshire . 308 . John Barr , C . Glasgow ? ! 3 O 9 . John Melling , C . Newry ? 310 . Nathaniel HunterX-
Londonderry ? Sil . Samuel Newman , L- London ? 312 . W . H . Bainbridge , Knaresborough . Went into the army . 313 . John Jacob , Mobarnane , Ireland .
Went to Glasgow . 314 . Nathaniel Hibbert , D . Hyde . Settled at Rivington , Lancashire , of which he is still the minister .
315 . Paul Norris * Nonsuch , Wilts . Went to the East Indies , and died at Madras . 316 . JohnGrsenwoodjC- Dewsbury ?
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317- Henry Laurens , Charlestown , S . Carolina . Son to the eminent President of the Congress , in 1778 , who in the following year was taken prisoner on his passage to France , and was confined as a rebel in the Tpwer—On his liberation in 1782 , he was joined by his son ; who still resides on his paternal estate in South Carolina .
318 . Thomas Wilson , * C . Ken . dal . 319 . John Crompton , * C . Chorley . 320 . William Shann , Tadcaster .
Went into the army . 321 . J . G . Parr , Preston , ditto * 322 . John Goodricke , * York . Son to Henry Goodricke , Esq . M . P . He lost his hearing by a fever when an infant , and was
consequently dumb : but having in part conquered this disadvantage by the assistance of Mr . Braid wood , he made surprising proficiency , becoming a very tolerable classic , and an excellent mathematician . He devoted him *
self particularly to astronomy ; and in 1784 obtained Sir Godfrey Copley ' s medal for his discovery of the periodical variations in the apparent magnitude of certain fixed stars . He fell a victim to
his favourite study in 1785 , in consequence of a cold from exposure to night-air in astronomical observations . 323 . George Taggart , Dublin . Went into the army .
324 . Robert Ogle , Newry . Went into the army . 325 . William Jamcs , * C Liverpool * 326 . Frederick Campbell , Ardchattari , Argyleshire ,
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Students educated at the fVarrington Academy * 595
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1814, page 595, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2445/page/7/
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