Venn, John Discussion, 1847. Lived latterly at Aylestone Hill, Hereford. Author, St Paul's Three Chapters on Holiness; Commentary on St Paul's Epistle to the Galaiians. Died, unmarried. May 12, 1890. Brother of Henry (1814). (J- Venn, Annals of a Clerical Family; List of Carthusians; Harrow Sch. Keg.; Crockford; The Guardian, May 21, 1890.) VENN, JOHN. Adm. pens, at Caius, June 25, 1853. [Elder] s. of the Rev. Henry (1814), B.D., Hon. Secretary of the Church Missionary Society (and Martha, dau. of Nicholas Sykes). B. [Aug. 4], i834. at Drypool, Hull. Schools, High- gate and Islington proprietary. Matnc. M.chs. 1853; Scholar, B.A. (m Wrangler) 1857; M.A. i860; Sc.D. 1884. I'ellow 1857-1923; President, 1912-23. Represented the Wth generation of the Venn family to graduate at Cambridge; the three previous ones were at Oxford. Ord. deacon (Ely) 1858, priest, 1859; C. of Cheshunt, Herts., 1858-9., C. of Mortlake, Surrey, 1860-2. College Lecturer in Moral Science from 1862. Hulsean Lecturer, 1869. One of those responsible for the development of the Moral Sciences Tripos. Latterly devoted himself to the publication of University and College records. F R S 1883 F S.A., 1892. President of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 1907-8. Availed himself of the provi- sions of the Clerical DisabUities Relief Act (1870), in 1883. Married, June 20, 1867, Susanna Carnegie, eldest dau. ot the Rev. Charles VVeUand Edmonstone. Inventor of a very successful bowling-machine for cricket. Author, The Logic of Chance; Characteristics of Belief; Symbolic Logic; Empmcal Logic; Biographical History of Gonville and Caius- Caius College (College Histories series) ; Annals of a Clerical Family; John Caius. 1529-1573; Early Collegiate Life; Annals of Gonville and Caius College. Edited Grace-Book A. Co labo- rated with his son on the preparation of Part I of Alumm Cantabrigienses and Matriculations and Degrees, 1544-1659. Presented his large coUection of books on Logic to the University Library. Died Apr. 4, 1923. at his house in Chaucer Road, Cambridge; buried at Trumpington. Portrait in Caius. Brother of Henry (1857) I father of John A. (1902), compiler of this work. [Clergy List; Venn, 11. 313; Who was Who; The Caian, Vol. xxxi, No. iii; Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1926; D.N.B.) VENNER. HAROLD. Matric. Non-CoU. Michs. 1889. B. May 4. 1871. School, King's, Ely. Adm. pens, at Downing, Oct. 7, 1891; B.A. 1892. Assistant Master at King's School, Ely, 1892, for a year. (Reg. of King's Sch., Ely.) VENNER, JOHN. Adm. pens, at Jesus, Dec. 20, 1771- Of Kent. Matric. Easter, 1772. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Nov. 2, 1773; 'S. of John, of Canterbury.' (Inns of Court.) VENNER, The Rev. SAMUEL. B.A. 1758, incorp. from Oxford; M.A., from Trinity, 1758. [S. of WUliam, of Ireland. B. Dec. 24, 1723, at Lichfield. School, Charterhouse.] Matric. from Christ Church, Oxford, Oct. 19, 1742- age 19; B.A. (Oxford) 1746. V. of Sutton Valence, Kent, 1747-64- Died Dec. 4, 1764. (Al. Oxon.; Al. Carthus.) VENNING, JAMES ARTHUR. Adm. pens, at Trinity, June 25. 1899 [4th] s. of John James Edgcombe, of Penlee, Stoke- Damerel, Devon. B. [Feb. 12, 1881], at Stoke-Damerel. School, Malvern. Matric. Michs. 1899; B.A. 1902; MB B.Chir. and M.A. 1907; M.D. 1919- At St George s Hospital; House Surgeon there. M.R.C.S.; L.R.C.P., 1907. House Physician, Great Ormond Street Hospital; Cluneal Assistant, Samaritan Free Hospital for Women. Served m the Great War 1914-19 (Capt., R.A.M.C). Practised at Steeple Aston, Oxon., and then for many years at Rickmansworth, Herts Of Craich House, Rickmansworth in 1949- (Medical Directories.) VENNING, JAMES MEYBOHN. Adm. pens, (age 20) at Trinity, July 9 1830. S. of John. B. in St Petersburg, Russia. School, Devon (private). Matric. Michs. 1830. Migrated to Trimty HaU, Oct. 20, 1836. Resided at Bath. Married Patience Maria dau. of Edgcombe Parson, Esq., of Tavistock, Devon, and had issue. Died in 1894. (Waif ord, County Families (sub his son).) VENTRIS, EDWARD. Adm. pens, at Peterhouse, Apr. 2, 1821. Of Cambs. [Doubtless s. of William Richmond.] Matric. Easter 1821; B.A. 1825; M.A. 1828. Ord. deacon (Lmcoln) 1825; priest (Ely) 1825. P.C. of Stow-cum-Quy, Cambs., 1825-86. Sometime Chaplain to Lord St Leonards, and to the County gaol, Cambridge. Assisted, during 1858, m the historical and legal parts of Vol. in of the Catalogue of M56. in the University hbrary. Resided latterly at 3, Bateman Street, Cambridge, where he died Sept. 12, 1886, aged 85; buried in Quy churchyard. Doubtless brother of Henry L. (1827) and Joseph U. (1829). (T. A. Walker, 412 and MS. note; C. Sayle, Annals of Camb. Univ. Lib., 127.) Vere, James VENTRIS, EDWARD FAVELL. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel, May 5, 1843. Matric. Michs. 1843; B.A. 1847; M.A. 1850. Adm. ad eundem, at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, 1870. Ord. deacon (Lichfield) 1848; priest (Chester) 1849; C.of Newport Salop, 1848-51. C. of Holy Trinity, Runcorn, 1851-2. C. of St Peter's, Colchester, 1852-6. C. of Stanway, Essex, 1856-9. V. of West Mersea, 1859-63. R. of Church Aston, Salop, 1863-1905. Latterly of 17, St George's Terrace, Brighton, where he died Nov. 27, 1915, aged 91. (Crockford; The Times, Dec. I, 1915) VENTRIS, HENRY LAURENCE. Adm. sizar at Queens', Apr. 2, 1827. Of Cambs. [S. of William Richmond, of Cambridge (and Mary). B. Dec. 25, 1806, at Cambridge.] Matric. Michs. 1827; B.A. 1831; M.A. 1869. Ord. deacon (London) Dec. 22, 1833; priest, Dec. 21, 1834. P.C. of Whetstone, Middlesex, 1833-69. R. of St Columb Major, Cornwall, 1869-97. One of the earliest of London clergy to preach in the surplice, his first appearance in that garment causing a sensation. Married, 1835, Ann, dau. of James Newman, of Whetstone House, Finchley, London, and had issue. Died Apr. 28, 1897. Doubtless brother of Edward (1821) and of the next. (Crock- ford; Boase, Collect. Cornub.; Scoit, MSS.; The Times, May i, 1897; The Globe, May 8, 1897.) VENTRIS, JOSEPH UNDERWOOD. Adm. sizar at St John's, July 9, 1829. Of Cambs. [Doubtless s. of WilUam Richmond.] Matric Michs. 1829; B.A. 1833. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Mar. 3, 1833; priest, Feb. 23, 1834; C. of South Ferriby and Worlaby, Lines., 1833-7. Died May 17, 1837, m London, aged 29. Doubtless brother of the above and of Edward (1821). (G. Mag. 1837, I. 666.) VENUA, ADOLPHUS ROBERT. .\dm. pens, (age 19) at Jesus, June 29, 1833. S. of Robert, Esq. B. at Cambridge. School, private. Matric. Michs. 1833; B.A. 1838. Second Master of Thame School, 1842 ; Assistant Master, Lucton School, Heref., 1843. (Warwick's Univ. Register.) VERDEN, HENRY. Adm. pens, at Corpus Christi, Jan. 19, 1786. Of Middlesex. School, Tonbridge. Matric. Easter, 1786; Scholar. Migrated to Emmanuel, Mar. 7, 1789; B-A. 1790; M.A. 1793. (Tonbridge Sch. Reg.) VERDON, EGBERT SUMNER. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Jesus, Oct. 1887. S. of Sir George, of Melbourne, Australia. B. there. School, Toorak College, Melbourne. Matric. Michs. 1887; B.A. 1891; M.A. 1896; M.B. and B.Chir. 1897; M.D. 1901. At St Thomas's Hospital. M.R.C.S.; L.R.C.P. 1896. House Physician, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. Physician to Sir A. Nicolson's Mission to the Court of Morocco, 1902. Took service as doctor with the Sultan Mulai Abd el Azizdan, remained with him until the end of his reign; afterwards with the Sultan Mulai Hafid until his abdication. Commander of the Hafidian Order of Morocco. Died in Apr. 1931, on a voyage from Tangier to Southampton. (The Times, Apr. 20, 1931-) VERDON, HENRY BOUTFLOWER. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Jesus, Mar. 21, 1865. S. of the Rev. Edward, deceased. B. Dec. 8, 1846, at Tottington, near Bury, Lanes. School, Clergy Orphan, Canterbury. Matric. Michs. 1865; B.A. 1869; M.A. 1879. Ord. deacon, 1870; priest, 1871; C. of St James, Clapham, Surrey, 1870-2. C. of St Mary's, Battersea, 1872-9. Chaplain at Guy's Hospital, 1879. Died in 1879. (Clergy Orphan Sch. Reg.) VERDON, RICHARD EDWARD. Adm. pens, at St John's, Apr. 29, 1863. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. William, V. of St John's, Pendlebury (and Sophia). B. Oct. 12, 1845, at Salford, Lanes. [School, Rossall.J Matric. Michs. 1864; Scholar, 1866; B.A. (6th Wrangler, and Moral Sci. Trip., ist Class) 1868; M.A. 1871. Fellow, 1869-78. Sometime Assistant Master at Stockwell School. Adm. at the Inner Temple, May 4, 1871. 'Resided in St John's, and became very odd: the under- graduate story was that Verdon held that certain mental processes could not be described in words, and that he was writing a book on them.' Resided latterly at Macclesfield, where he died Sept. 22, 1906. (Rossall Reg.; Scott, MSS.; Inns of Court; The Macclesfield Times, Oct. 5, 1906.) VERDON, WALTER GEORGE HOWARD MASTERMAN. Adm. at Caius, Oct. i, 1897. S. of Walter Henry, M.D. (and Frances Mary Baines). B. [June 29], 1879, at BrLxton HUl, London. School, Charterhouse. Matric. Michs. 1897. At St Thomas's Hospital; Clinical Assistant there. M.R.C.S.; L.R.C.P. 1907- Assistant House Surgeon, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. Practised at Luton, Beds., from 1910 and afterwards at Hastings. Of Saxonhurst, St Helen's Road, Hastmgs in 1952. (Venn, 11. 554; Medical Directories.) VERDON-ROE, S. V., see ROE. VERE, JAMES. Adm. Fell.-Com. at Emmanuel, Apr. 23, 1792; from Corpus Christi College, Oxford, whence he had matric. May 6, 1790. [S. of John, of Edmonton.] 284