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PROVOSTS OF WORCESTER.

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15 and 4. Landon, Whittington, D.D., provost 1796,

born at Tedstone Delamere, co. Hereford, 1758 ; s. John, rector 1749-82. Worcester, matric. 13 Oct., 1775, aged 17 (from Bromsgrove schoo), B.A. 1779, fellow 1782, M.A. 1782, B.D. 1790, D.D. 1795, vice-chancellor 1802-6, keeper of the archives 1796-1815, select preacher 1808 ; vicar of Denchworth, Berks, 1790-1823, and of Uttoxeter, co. Stafford, 1791, rector of Whitfield, Northants,

1795, and of Croft with Yarpole, co. Hereford,

1796, canon of Norwich 1811-13, canon and dean of Exeter 1813, vicar of Bishopstone, Wilts, 1817, canon of Sarum 1819-38, vicar of Bishops-Tawton 1826, and of Branscombe 1827-30, and rector of Bow alias Nymet Tracy, (all) Devon, 1833, incum- bent of Elton, co. Hereford; died 29 Dec, 1838. See Al. Ox. ii. 813.

16 and 5. Cotton, Richard Lynch, D.D., provost

1839, born at Whitchurch, Oxon, 14 Aug., 1794; s. Htnry Calveley, of Woodcote, Oxon, arm.

Worcester, matric. 5 Nov., 1811, aged 17 (from the Charterhouse), exhibitioner 1814-20, B.A. 1815, scholar 1815-16, fellow 1816-38, M.A. 1818, B. and D.D. 1839, tutor 1822 (Honours :— 2 classics 1815), select preacher 1840, vice-chancellor 1852 ; vicar of Denchworth, Berks, 1823-39; died 8 Dec, 1880, aged 86. See Al. Ox. ii. 303. 17 and 6. Inge, rev. William, D.D., provost 1881, born at Ravenstone, co. Leicester, 1829; is. Charles, cler. , of Benn Hill, Atherstone. Worcester, matric. 2 June, 1849, aged 19 (from Shrewsbury school), scholar 1849-54, B.A. 1853, fellow 1854-9, M.A. 1856, B. and D.D. 1892 (Honours: — 1 classical mods. 1852, 1 classics 1853), in University eleven 1853, hon. sec. to Oxford education board 1884, and a member of the Hebdomadal council ; curate of Crayke, Yorks, 57-75 ; vicar of Alrewas, co. Stafford, 1875-81, commissary for bishop of Grahamstown 1883-8, examining chaplain to bishop of Lichfield 1880-91, and to archbishop of York 1891.

provost's lodgings. — From Ingram.