Venables, Joseph VENABLES, JOSEPH. Adm. sizar at St Catharine's, Feb. i, ^'^" B. at Oswestry, Salop. Matric. Lent, 1752; LL.B i7sq Old. deacon (Chester) Feb. 10, 1754; pnest (London) Feb 28 1755. R. of Erbistock, Flints., 1777-1804. Perhaps V of HarweU, Berks., 1816-22, but see an Oxford namesake (father of the next) who died in 1823. Disappears from Clerical Guide, 1829. VENABLES, JOSEPH GEORGE. Adm. at Jesus, Apr. 3, 1834, as George Joseph. S. of the Rev. Joseph, deceased (Queea s College, Oxford, 1789)- Matric. Michs. 1834; B.A. 1838; M.A. 1841. VENABLES, JOSEPH HENRY. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Jesus, Apr ^o 1832. [3rd] s. of the Rev. Richard (next). B. [Dec. 3], 181 3 at CKto, Radnors. School, Charterhouse. Matnc. Mich's. 1832; B.A. 1836; M.A. i86i. Adm. at the Inner Temple, May 23, 1837. Called to the Bar Nov. 20 1840. T P for Brecon and Radnorshire. Marned (i) 1844. Sophia, dau of GUes HUton, Preston House, Faversham, Kent; (2) 1865, Susan Catherine, 4th dau. of John Ridley, of Parkend, Northumberland. Died in 1866. Brother of George S. (1828) and Richard L. (1826). (List of Carthusians; Law Lists; Inns of Court; R. L. Arrowsmith.) VENABLES, RICHARD. Adm. pens, at Clare, July 2, 1790. [3rd s of Lazarus (and Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Jones, ot WoodhUl, Salop).] B. [1775]. in London. Matric >Iichs. 1792 ; B.A. 1795; M.A. 1798; B.D. 1806; D.D. 1814. Fellow 1795- i8o8. Ord. priest (Peterb.) 1798. V. of Warmfield, Yorks 1808-10. R. of Ashwicken with Leziate, Norfolk, 1810-26. V of Clyro, Radnors., 1810-46. V. of Llansantflfraed, 181^22. Preb. of Brecon, 1816-58. R. of Newchurch, Radnor, 1821- 8 V of Nantmel, 1828-58. Archdeacon of Carmarthen, 1832-59. Of Llysdinam Hall, Brecknockshire. Manned, 1808, Sophia, youngest dau. of George Lister, Esq., ot Girsby, Lines. Died Jan. 15, 1858. Father of the next, George S. (1828) and Joseph H. (above) (Boase 111. 1086; Burke, L.G.; Northants. Clergy; Clerical Guide; Clergy List, Foster, Index Eccles.; G. Mag., 1858, i. 224.) ■ VENABLES, RICHARD LISTER. .\dm. pens, at Emmanuel Dec II 1826. Of Cheshire. [Eldest s. of the Rev. Richard (above)'iand Sophia, youngest dau. of George Lister, Esq.). B [May 22] 1809. Schools, Eton and Charterhouse.] Matric. Michs. 1827; B.A. 1831; M.A. 1835. Ord. deacon, 1832; priest, 1833. R. of Whitnev, Heref ., 1834-43- V. of Clyro with BettwsCiyro, Radnors., 1847-73. J-P- and D.L. for Radnors. Chairman, Radnorshire Quarter Sessions. Married (i) 1834, Mary Augusta Dahrmple, dau. of General A. M. Poltoratzky, of Russia, and widow of Francis J. Adam, and had issue; (2) 1867, Agnes Minna, youngest dau. of Henry Shepherd Pearson, Esq. Latterly of Llysdinam, Newbndge-on-Wye, Radnorshire. Author otTravelsin Russia. Died m Llysdinam, Tan. 3, 1894. Brother of George S. (1828) and Joseph H. (1832) (Eton Sch. Lists; List of Carthusians; Crockford; Walford, County Families; The Guardian, Jan. 10, 1894; Kilvert's Diary, 6.) VENESS, HENRY THOMAS. Adm. pens, at Queens', Dec. 14. 1841 Matric. Lent, 1842; B.A. 1846. Ord. deacon (Norwich) 1842; priest, 1843- C. of St Peter's, Ipswich 1847-53- Lecturer of Holy Trinity, Margate, 1853-60. R. of Rushohne, Lanes., 1860-78. Disappears from Crockford, 1879. VENIS, MAURICE DYTE. Adm. at Clare, Oct. 8, 1883. [3rd s. of Edward John Lazarus, M.D., of Benares, India.] Matric. Michs. 1S83. Adm. at the Middle Temple, Jan. 8, 1884. (Inns of Court.) VENN, ARTHUR DENNIS. Adm. at Pembroke, Oct. 1899. 2nd s. of the Rev. Henry (1857), V. of Walmer, Kent (by his 2nd wife, Louisa J. \V. Ramsay). B. .\ug. 28, 1880, in Edinburgh. School, Haileybury. Matric. Michs. 1899; ts.A. 1903; M.A. 1907. Ord. deacon (Durham) 1906; priest, 1909; C of St James', Stockton-on-Tees, 1906-11. C. of Christ Church, Folkestone, 1911-12. V. of Holy Trinity Sheerness, iqi2-20. V. of Chislet, Kent, 1920-45 Married, Apr. 29, IQI4, Frederica Constance, eldest dau. of Lieut.-General H E. Dyneley, of Canterbury, and had issue, a son. Died Mar. 31, 1945. Half-brother of Henry S. (1888). (J. Venn, Annals of a Clerical Family; Crockford.) VENN. GERARD NOEL. Adm. pens, at Queens', Dec. 16, 1827. Of London. [Only s. of Edward Beaumont, of Freston, Suffolk (and Harriet, dau. of Frances Green, of Dorkmg). B Feb 17, 1809, in London.] Migrated to St Catharme s, lune 28, 1828. Matric. Michs. 1828. Of Ipswich. Marned, Mar 16, 1858, Emma, dau. of George Mayhew, and had issue Died Nov. 17, 1877. (J. Venn, Annals of a Clerical Family.) VENN, HENRY. Adm. pens, at Queens', Feb. 19, 1814. Of Surrey. [Eldest s. of the Rev. John (1776). R- of Clapham (by his ist wife, Katherine King). B. Feb. 10, 1796. |t Clapham.] Matric. Lent, 1814; B.A. (19^* Wrangler) 1818; MA. 1821; B.D. 1828. FeUow, 1819-29. Close friend ot Venn, John Charles Simeon, who gave him an oak press, still in possession of the family. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Oct. 31, 1819; priest, lune 17 1821. C. of St Dunstan-m-the-West, 1821-4. Returned to Cambridge, 1824. Dean and CoUege Lecturer. Junior Proctor, 1825-6. Evening Lecturer at Great St Mary's 1826. R. of Dr>T>ool, Hull, 1827-34- R. of St Johns, HoUoway 1834-47. Preb. of St Paul's, 1846. Honorary Secretary'of the C.M.S. (of which his father was one of the founders), 1841-73- Lived latterly at Sheen, Surrey. A leader of the Evangelical body of the Church of England. Member of the Royal Commissions on Clerical Subscriptions and Ritual Reform. Manried, Jan. 21, 1829, Martha, dau. of Nicholas Sykes, of Swanland, near Hull. Author, Life and Letters of Henry Venn (his grandfather); Missionary Life of Xavier, etc. Died Jan. 13, 1873; buried at Mortlake Portrait by George Richmond in the committee-room of the C.M.b., and marble rebel in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral. Brother of John (1823); father of John (1853) and the next. (J. Venn, Arinals of a Clerical Family; Crockford; D.N.B.; Clergy List.) VENN HENRY. Adm. pens, at Caius, Mar. 31, 1857. [Yr.] s. of the Rev Henry (above), B.D., sometime Fellow of Queens', and Hon Secretary of the CM. Society (and Martha, dau. of Nicholas Sykes). B. [July 27], 1838, at Highgate. Schools, Highgate and Islington proprietary. Matric. Michs. 1857; BA i86i- M.A. 1864. Assistant Secretary of the C.M.S., 1861-7 O'rd. deacon, 1867; priest, 1868; C. of Mortlake, Surrey, 1867-9. C. of St Simon's, Chelsea, 1869-70. R. of (Clare portion), Tiverton, 1870-85. Rural Dean of Tiverton, 1880-5. V. of Sittingboume, Kent, 1885-92. V. of Walmer, 1893-1908. Hon. Canon of Canterbury, 1900-23. Married (I) Isabel Louisa, dau of Captain \V. M. De Butts; (2) Louisa Jane \V., dau. of Robert Balfour Wardlaw Ramsay. Lived latterly at Canterbury, where he died May 17, 1923. Brother of John (1853); father of Arthur D. (1899) and Henry S. (1888). (J. Venn, Annals of a Clerical Family; Venn, 11. 334; Crockford; Who was Who.) VENN, HENRY KNOTT. Adm. sizar at Peterhouse, Jan. lo, 1834. [Eldest] s. of Henry Cooke, of Payhembury, near Honiton, Devon (and Mary Knott). B. 1814. School, Blundell's, Tiverton. Matric. Michs. 1834; B.A. 1S38; M.A. 1878. Ord. deacon (Exeter) 1839; priest, 1840; C. of Harpford, Devon, 1839-45. C. of Monkton, 1846-60. Assistant Master, All HaUow's School, Honiton. C. of Combe Raleigh, 1S60-9. V. of Monkton, 1869-1902. Resided latteriy at xMonkton House, Honiton, where he died Mar. 23, 1910, aged 95. (Blundell's Sch. Reg.;]. Venn, Annals of a Clerical Family ; T. A. Walker, 447; Crockford; The Times, Mar. 26, 1910.) VENN, HENRY STRAITH. Adm. at Caius, Oct. i, 1888. S. of the Rev. Henry (1857), V. of Sittingboume (by his ist wife, Isabel Louisa, dau. of Capt. De Butts). B. [Nov. 28], 1869, in London. Schools, BlundeU's, Tiverton and St Peter's, Weston-super-Mare. Matric. Michs. 1888. Farmed in Vir- ginia, U.S.-'V., from 1889. Subsequently in the Umted States Civil'Service (Bureau of Commerce). Died Jan. 3, 1908, at Washington. Half-brother of Arthur D. (1899). (Venn, n. 503; J. Venn, Annals of a Clerical Family; The Times, Jan. 9, 1908.) VENN JOHN. Adm. sizar at Sidney, Oct. 7, 1776. Only s. of the Rev. Henry (1742), R- of Yelling, Hunts, (and Eling, dau. of the Rev. Thomas Bishop, D.D., Mimster of St Mary- le-Tower, Ipswich). B. Mar. 9, 1759. at Claph-m, Surrey. School Hipperholme, Yorks. (Mr Sutcliffe). Matric. Michs. 1777; Scholar, 1777; B.A. 1781; M.A. 1786. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Sept. 22, 1782; priest iGloucester) 1783; C. to his father at Yelling. R. of Little Dunham, Norfolk, 1783-92. R of Clapham, Surrey, 1792-1813. R. of Great Tey, Essex, 1804-13. One of the founders of the Church Missionary Society, 1797, and the central figure of the Clapham 'Sect.' Friend 'of Charles Simeon. Married (i) Oct. 22, 1789, Katherine, only dau. of William King, merchant of Hull, and had issue; (2)' Aug. 25, 1812, Frances, 5th dau. of John Turton Esq., of Sugnal, near Eccleshall, Staffs. Author, Sermons, etc. Died July i, 1813, at Clapham; buned in the old churchyard. Father of the next and of Henry (i8i4)- (J Venn, Annals of a Clerical Family; Foster, Index Eccles.; Clerical Guide; D..\'.B.; G. Mag., 1813, 11. 91-) VENN, JOHN. Adm. pens, at Queens', Apr. 12, 1823. Of Surrey. [2nd surviving s. of the Rev. John (above). B. Apr. 17 1802. Schools, Harrow and Charterhouse; and at the HE I C.S. College, HaUeybury, 1818-20; went to India as a Cadet; invalided home.] Matric. Michs. 1823; BeU Scholar, 1824; B.A.(i2th Wrangler) 1827; M.A. 1830. FeUow, 1829-34- Ord. deacon (London) June i, 1S28; priest, June 14, 1829 ;C of St Mary-le-Strand, London, 182S-9. P.C. of Pmner, Middle- sex 1830-3. V. of St Peter's with St Owen's, Hereford, 1S33- 70 ' Provided a steam com-miU for the benefit of the poor and started an Industrious Aid Society. Preb. of Hereford 1843-68. Engaged with a Jesuit in the famous Hereford 283