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| VENN, HENRY. Adm. pens. at QUEENS', Feb. 19, 1814. Of Surrey . [Eldest s. of the Rev. John (1776), R. of Clapham (by his 1st wife, Katherine King). B. Feb. 10, 1796, at Clapham.] Matric. Lent, 1814; B.A. (19 th Wrangler ) 1818; M.A. 1821; B.D. 1828. Fellow, 1819-29. Close friend of Charles Simeon, who gave him an oak press, still in possession of the family. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Oct. 31, 1819; priest, June 17, 1821. C. of St Dunstan-in-the-West, 1821-4. Returned to Cambridge, 1824. Dean and College Lecturer. Junior Proctor, 1825-6. Evening Lecturer at Great St Mary's, 1826. R. of Drypool, Hull, 1827-34. R. of St John's, Holloway, 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. Married, 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.S., and marble relief in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral. Brother of John (1823); father of John (1853) and the next. (J. Venn, Annals of a Clerical Family; Crockford; D.N.B.; Clergy List .) | Henry VENN Approx. lifespan: 1796–1873 pens. Queens' College adm1814:02:19 Of Surrey , Eldest s. of Rev. John VENN (1776) R.: Clapham, [London], (by his 1st wife, Katherine King) b. Clapham, [London], 1796:02:10 Matric 1814:01LT: BA 19 th Wrangler 1818 MA 1821 BD 1828 Fellow 1819-29 Close friend of Charles Simeon, who gave him an oak press, still in possession of the family. Ord. deacon Norwich 1819:10:31 Ord. priest 1821:06:17 C.: St Dunstan-in-the-West, [London], 1821-24 Returned to CB, [Cambridgeshire], 1824 Dean and College Lecturer: Junior Proctor: 1825-26 Evening Lecturer at: : Gt St Mary's, CB, ???, CB, ???, Cambridgeshire , 1826 R.: Drypool, Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire], 1827-34 R.: St John's, Holloway, [London], 1834-47 Prebendary: St Paul's, [London], 1846 Honorary Sec. of: : C.M.S. (of which his father was one of the founders) 1841-73 latterly Sheen, Surrey , A leader of the Evangelical body of the Church of England. Member of: the Royal Commissions on Clerical Subscriptions and Ritual Reform. m. 1829:01:21 Martha SYKES dau. of Nicholas SYKES of Swanland near Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire], Publ.: Life and Letters of Henry VENN (his grandfather); Missionary Life of: : Xavier etc. d. ; 1873:01:13 buried Mortlake, [Surrey], Portrait by George Richmond in the committee-room of C.M.S. and marble relief in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral, [London], brother of John VENN (1823) father of John VENN (1853) father of Henry VENN (1857) (J. Venn, Annals of a Clerical Family; Crockford; D.N.B.; Clergy List .) [add:]Portrait, by Richmond, 1831?, at Queens' College [:add] [add:] CP ; 51[:add] |