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- The third son of George Charles
He was born at Rookesbury in 1772, and was educated at Winchester School, 1785-88.
He was Scholar of New College, Oxford, 1788-90, and Fellow of New College, 1790-97; Prebendary of Winchester, 1800-31; Rector of Upham and Rector of Droxford, 1801-35; Rector of Bright-
well, 1 8 14.
In the year 1824 he pulled down the old house at Rookesbury, and rebuilt it, at a cost of ?40,000, on the site of Pye's Farm. All the materials for rebuilding, viz., bricks, stone, and wood, came off the Estate. His cousin. Lord Albemarle, in the same year, employed the same architect, Mr. Tatham, to re-model Quidenham Hall, on the same plans that were used for the reconstruction of William Garnier's new house at Rookesbury.
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