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VENN: Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 18) at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 8, 1796. 2nd s. of Thomas, 2nd Baron Walsingham (above), of Merton Hall, Norfolk. B. Apr. 10, 1778, in London. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1797; M.A. 1799. Ord. deacon (Gloucester) 1801; priest (Winchester) 1802; V. of Aston Abbots, Bucks., 1802-3. R. of Merton, Norfolk, 1803-4. R. of Bishopstoke and R. of Wyke or Weeke, Hants., 1804-7. R. of Fawley with Exbury, 1806-39. R. of Calbourne, Isle of Wight, and Prebendary of Winchester, 1807-34. Archdeacon of Surrey, 1814-39. Succeeded his brother George, 3rd Baron (who was burnt to death at his house in Harley Street), Apr. 26, 1831, as 4th Baron Walsingham. Married, Aug. 12, 1802, Elizabeth, dau. of the Hon. Brownlow North, Bishop of Winchester. Died Sept. 8, 1839, aged 61, at Merton. Buried there. Father of the next, of Frederick (1828) and of George (1829). (G. Mag., 1802; St John's Coll. Adm.; Eton Coll. Reg.; G.E.C.; Burke, P. and B.)