Addington Venables
Addington Robert Peel Venables, D.D.[1] (1827–1876) was an Anglican colonial bishop[2] in the 19th century.[3]
Life
[edit | edit source]He was the son of Thomas Venables, private secretary to Henry Addington and then Sir Robert Peel, two Prime Ministers who were his godfathers and from whom he took his forenames; his mother Anne King was daughter of John King.[4] He was educated at Eton College. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford in 1845, graduating B.A. in 1848. He was consecrated Bishop of Nassau in 1863.[1][5][6] He died in post in 1876.[7]
Family
[edit | edit source]His son, Major Charles John Venables of the Gloucestershire Regiment, served with distinction in the Boer War and was mentioned in despatches, won the Queen's Medal with two clasps and the DSO.[8] He was killed at Gallipoli in 1915.
External links
[edit | edit source]Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Venables, Addington Robert Peel
- ^ Project Canterbury
- ^ Diocesan history
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- ^ ECCLESIASTICAL NEWS Liverpool Mercury etc (Liverpool, England), Saturday, December 5, 1863; Issue 4937 Bishopric of Nassau
- ^ National Archives
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