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Venn: Adm. pens. (age 17) at TRINITY, May 21, 1788. S. of William, banker, of Manchester. [Bapt. Dec. 6, 1770, at St Anne's, Manchester.] School, Manchester (Mr Lawson). Matric. Michs. 1788; Scholar, 1790; Prizeman; B.A. (7th Wrangler) 1792; M.A. 1795; D.D. 1829. Fellow, 1793. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Oct. 30, 1788. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Dec. 22, 1799; priest, Mar. 9, 1800. Preb. of Westminster, 1806-34. V. of Battersea, Surrey, 1808-29. V. of St Bride's, London, 1829-34. Private tutor to Lord Althorpe, 1830-4. Bishop of Bristol, 1834-6; of Ely, 1836-45. Official Visitor of St John's, Jesus and Christ's Colleges. Married Margaret Ashley, of Frodsham, Cheshire, 1807. Author, Sermons. Died Mar. 20, 1845, aged 75. Buried in Ely Cathedral. Father of George J. (1828) and probably of Robert (1836). (Hennessy; G. Mag., 1845, I. 541; Manchester Sch. Reg., II. 44.)