He matriculated from Magdalen Hall, Oxford, on 14 July 1748.
He became chaplain to the Countess Dowager of Wigton, and on 11 June 1754 was instituted vicar of Elmley Castle in Worcestershire.
On 19 June of the same year he was appointed rector of Little Comberton.
He married Sarah, only sister of James Greene, a barrister, of Burford, Shropshire.
By her he had three sons—Thomas and Richard, who are separately noticed, and Edward, a general in the Indian Army—and two daughters.