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Adm. pens. at SIDNEY, July 6, 1820. S. of George, Governor of Penang, East Indies. B. there Mar. 23, 1798 (Mar. 21, 1800, according to Caunter, Family Records). School, Plympton (Mr Hague). ' Matric. Michs. 1820; Scholar, 1822; (Civil Law, 1st Class, 1822-3); LL.B. 1829. Previously an ensign in the 16th Lancers and went to India, c. 1816. Ord. priest (London) Dec. 19, 1824. Chaplain to the Governor of Mauritius, 1824-9. Morning preacher at St George's, Hanover Square, London, in 1831. Sometime Tutor at Harrow to Lord De la Warr, and Lord North, sons of the Marquis of Abergavenny. C. of Forest Row, Sussex, in 1836. C. of Frant, Kent. C. of Pulborough, Sussex, in 1839. C. of Amberley, 1840. C. of Highclere, Berks., c. 1841-52. Afterwards at Hamwell, near Banbury, and finally removed to Drayton, c. 1862-78. At Amberley, Mar. 21, 1840. Married Anne, dau. of Thomas Harrison, Esq., Masham, Yorks. Author, Attila, a tragedy in five acts (in verse) and other poems. Died Mar. 10, 1879. Buried at Patcham. Brother of John H. (above). (Caunter Family Records.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1824 | Ordi(ordination) | Caunter, Richard McDonald | / | deacon | View |
| 1824 | Appt(Licensing) | Caunter, Richard McDonald | Bradwell by the Sea / | Stipendiary Curate | View |
| 1824 | Ordi(ordination) | Caunter, Richard McDonald | / | priest | View |
| 1824 | Ordi(letters dimissory) | Caunter, Richard McDonald | / | deacon | View |
| 1831 | Appt(Licensing) | Cauter, Richard McDonald | St Botolph Bishopsgate / | Assistant Stipendiary Curate | View |