VENN: adm. pens. ST JOHN'S 7 Jun. 1824; son of George, Esq. of Stanton on Wye, Herefs. Born Middlesex; School Hereford; matric, Michs 1824; scholar 1824; BA 1828; ordained deacon Hereford 3 Aug. 1828, priest 1 Aug. 1830; curate of Norton Canon, Herefs. 1828; CMS Missionary in India 1837-40; married 1839 Mary, dau. of Rev. J. Barlow of Port Royal, Jamaica. Died 19 Dec. 1840 at Jamulapore. (HD Hooper, CMS Reg. of Missionaries; G. Mag. 1841, I, 549; JJ Weibrecht 'Memoir'.)