Richard Onslow (priest)
Richard Francis Onslow (16 January 1776[1] – 23 October 1849 [2]) was Archdeacon of Worcester from 1815 to[3] 1849.
He was born into an ecclesiastical family,[4] educated at Christ Church, Oxford[5] and ordained in 1800. He was Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Worcester; and then Vicar of Kidderminster until 1834.[6] His final post was as Rector of Newent: in 1848 he fell ill and was "no longer able to preach".[7]
His wife Harriet survived him and died in 1860;[8] and his last surviving child, also called Harriet, died in 1879.[9]
References
- ↑ Varrall
- ↑ thePeerage.com
- ↑ ‘PRESENTATION of PLATE to Archdeacon ONSLOW’ Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, December 29, 1830; Issue 18736
- ↑ His father was Dean of Worcester from 1795 until his death in 1817 > Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, October 22, 1817; Issue 14587
- ↑ The Oxford University Calendar 1824 p339
- ↑ The Clergy Database
- ↑ Berrow's Worcester Journal (Worcester, England), Thursday, February 03, 1848; Issue 7575
- ↑ ‘Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries’ Morning Post (London, England), Tuesday, May 08, 1860; pg. 7; Issue 26954
- ↑ Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries Berrow's Worcester Journal (Worcester, England), Saturday, September 27, 1879; pg. 5; Issue 9702
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Archdeacon of Worcester 1815–1849 |
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