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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.
