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Venn: Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Feb. 25, 1797. Of Hants. [4th s. of the Rev. Sir Peter, R. of Chelmsford, 1774-90, (and Martha). Bapt. Jan. 25, 1780, in Winchester Cathedral. School, Charterhouse.] ' Matric. Michs. 1797; Scholar, 1797; B.A. 1801; M.A. 1805. Ord. deacon (Winchester) Dec. 19, 1802; priest, Jan. 11, 1804. C. of Wonston, Hants., 1802-4. R. of St Peter, Cheese Hill, Winchester, 1804-18. V. of Netheravon, Wilts., 1808-9. R. of Kingsgate (or St Swithin), Winchester, 1813-39. R. of Walcot, Somerset, 1816-17. R. of Martyr-Worthy. Hants., 1817-51. R. of Farley-Chamberlayne, 1839-51. Succeeded as 9th Baronet, Sept. 27, 1805, on the death of his brother, Sir James, a Captain in the 3rd Dragoon Guards, who was killed by the accidental discharge of his gun. Married, May 2, 1812, Charlotte, dau. of Samuel Eales, of Cranbury, Hants. Died suddenly, July 7, 1851, while crossing Easton common alone. Brother of Thomas R. (1788). (Boase, VI. 475; St John's Coll. Adms., IV. 450; Cant. Act Book; G.E.C.; R. L. Arrowsmith.)