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Venn: Adm. pens. aged 19; TRINITY 13 Mar. 1828; son of Richard (1800); born June 1808 in London; school private; matric. Michs. 1828; BA 1833; MA 1836; ord. deacon Norwich 2 Jun. 1833, priest 8 Jun. 1834; V of Acton, Suffolk 1835-50; R of Richmond, Yorks, 1850-61; chaplain to Bishop of Ripon 1858; canon of Ripon 1859-61; married 1835 Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. J. Bickersteth; Author "Sermons"; revised W. Barnes' "Selection of Psalms and Nymns"; died 11 Jun. 1861 in London; Father of John Bickersteth (1864); see Boase II, 1275; Clergy List; GMag. 1861 II, 93; VL OLiver 'Antigua' II 374