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Venn
Adm. (age 17) at KING'S, a scholar from Eton, Feb. 21, 1764. [2nd s. of Benjamin, book-collector, of Exeter. Bapt. Dec. 3, 1745, at Exeter.] ' Matric. Easter, 1764; B.A. 1768; M.A. 1771. Fellow, 1767-76. D.D. (Lambeth) 1791. Private tutor, 1768. Assistant Master at Eton, 1775-91; Head Master, 1792-1801; Fellow, 1801. R. of Monks Risborough, Bucks., 1789-1800. Canon of Windsor, 1800-22. R. of Brasted, Kent, 1800-5. R. of Piddlehinton, Dorset, 1805. V. of Sturminster-Marshall, 1805. Married Mary, dau. of Benjamin Keen, of Exeter. Died Feb. 23, 1822, in the Cloisters, Windsor. Brother of Benjamin (1759); father of Benjamin G. (1797), etc. (Eton Coll. Reg.; Cant. Act Bk.; G. Mag., 1822, I. 282, and II. 216, under his brother, where there is some confusion between them in regard to a sale of books.)