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Venn: Adm. pens. (age 18) at ST JOHN'S, June 26, 1799. S. of George Griffin, Esq. (Governor of the Phoenix Insurance Office), of Clapham, Surrey. B. [Mar. 22, 1782], in London. Schools [Greenwich (Dr Burney)], Ashbourne (Mr Belcher) [and Merchant Taylors']. Scholar, 1799. Migrated to Jesus, Jan. 25, 1804. ' Matric. Michs. 1804; LL.B. 1807. C. of Ewhurst, Sussex, 1812-13. Lecturer of St Etheldreda, Ely Place. Chaplain to the Duke of York. Chaplain to the Forces, 1814; with the Guards in the Waterloo Campaign. Placed on half-pay, 1819, which he drew until his death. Preb. of Lincoln, 1832-57. Of Standon Hall, Herts., and Halton House, Hastings. Married, 1817, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Shedden, of London, merchant, and of Paulerspury Park, Northants. Died Dec. 6, 1857, at Hastings.