VENN
Adm. pens. at CHRIST'S, June 11, 1825. [Eldest s. of Thomas, Esq., of Cheltenham. B. May 19, 1806.] ' Matric. Michs. 1825; B.A. (5th Wrangler) 1829; M.A. 1832. Fellow, 1830-9. Adm. at the Middle Temple, Feb. 1, 1826. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) 1832; priest, 1835. R. of Little Canfield, Essex, 1839-78. Restored the church and built a new rectory. Collector of books on art, classics and mathematics. Author, Odes and Sonnets; Excursions through the Highlands and Isles of Scotland, etc. Died Feb. 24, 1878. (Peile, II. 419; Boase, III. 622; Crockford.)