Addington Venables
Addington Robert Peel Venables was an Anglican colonial bishop[1] in the 19th century.[2] Born in 1827, he was educated at Exeter College, Oxford [3] and consecrated in 1863.[4] He died in post in 1876.[5]
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.[6] He was killed at Gallipoli in 1915.
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Notes
- ↑ Project Canterbury
- ↑ Diocesan history
- ↑ UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE The Standard (London, England), Wednesday, November 29, 1848; Issue 7580
- ↑ ECCLESIASTICAL NEWS Liverpool Mercury etc (Liverpool, England), Saturday, December 5, 1863; Issue 4937 Bishopric of Nassau
- ↑ National Archives
- ↑ “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
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| Preceded by Charles Caulfield |
Bishop of Nassau 1863 –1876 |
Succeeded by Francis Alexander Randal Cramer-Roberts |
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