Venn
Adm. pens. (age 18) at CHRIST'S, June 9, 1821. S. of Thomas. B. [Dec. 4, 1802] in Derbyshire. School, Brewood, Staffs. ' Matric. Michs. 1821; Scholar, 1822; B.A. 1825; Travelling Bachelor, 1827; M.A. 1831. Adm. ad eundem at Oxford, 1843. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) 1825; priest, 1830. Chaplain at Madeira, 1832-52. R. of Lea, Lincs., 1852-74. Author, Primitiae et Novitiae Faunae et Florae Maderae (1831); The Fishes of Madeira (1843); A Manual Flora of Madeira; Florulae Salvagicae Tentamen; A Catechism for Young Persons; A Catechism on Confirmation for Adults; Conformity, the Means of Peace and Union; Protest, with Appendix on Missions; Facts and Documents; Hymns for the Christian Seasons, etc. Set out in April, 1874, on another visit to Madeira, on board the Liberia, but the ship foundered and he was drowned with all on board, off the Scilly Islands, about Apr. 13th. (Boase, II. 514; Peile, II. 405; Crockford; D.N.B.)