Son of Nathaniel of Kirkley, Northumberland Esq., Lincoln College Oxford matric 21 Oct 1743, aged 17. BA 1747 MA from Merton College 1750. B & DD 1761 Rector of Burton Latimer 13 Jan 1757 subsc 13 Jan 1757, res 1758. Preb. (or canon) of Sarum 1750. Archdeacon of Surrey 1766. Preb of Durham 1768. Dean of Winchester 1769. died 6 Jan 1804

Issue: Nathaniel of Kirkley, Northumberland Mert College Oxford matric 17 Feb 1783 aged 17. Died May 1813.

(Reference “Northamptonshire and Rutland Clergy from 1500” (1938-43) by Henry Isham Longden)