The particularity of this name suggests the following: Venn; son and heir of Benjamin, British chaplain in Moscow, and of Sydney, daughter of Gawan Hamilton of Killyleagh Castle, Co. Down; Born in Ripon, Yorks., adm. pens. CLARE Cambridge 8 Feb. 1815; matric. Michs. 1815; Chancellor's Medal (English); BA 1820; MA 1824; Seatonian Prize 1827; ord. deacon 1 Aug. 1819, priest (in Down) 8 Oct. 1820; C. Grey Abbey, Down 1822; chaplain to British residents at the Hague in 1847. Married Elizabeth, dau. of Archibald Hamilton of Killeyleagh Castle, Down, 1819. Author of "Mahomet" 1816; "Death of Absalom" 1825 (Cambridge Prize Poems). Died 20 May 1847 in Islington, Middx. (H.H. Swanzy; G. Mag 1827, II, 646; & 1847, II, 32 C)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1822 | Appt(Licensing) | Beresford, Hamilton Sydney | Linkinhorne / | Curate | View |
| 1830 | Subsc | Beresford, Hamilton Sydney | Cheltenham / | Curate | View |
| 1830 | Appt(Licensing) | Beresford, Hamilton ? | Cheltenham / | Stipendiary Curate | View |
| 1831 | Appt(Licensing) | Beresford, Hamilton Sydney | Church of the Holy Trinity in Cheltenham / | assistant curate | View |
| 1831 | Subsc | Beresford, H. S. | Trinity Church / | assistant curate | View |
| 1835 | Appt(Licensing) | Beresford, Hamilton Sydney | Harescomb cum Pitchcomb / | Stipendiary Curate | View |
| 1835 | Subsc | Beresford, Hamilton Sydney | Harscomb / Pitchcomb | Curate | View |