Richard Onslow (priest)

Archdeacon of Worcester (1815–1849)

Richard Francis Onslow

Born| 16 January 1776
Died| 23 October 1849(1849-10-23) (aged 73)
Occupation| Archdeacon

Richard Francis Onslow (16 January 1776[1] - 23 October 1849) was Archdeacon of Worcester[2] from 1815 to[3] 1849\.

Onslow was the son of Arthur Onslow, Dean of Worcester 1795–1817.[4] He was 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, the daughter of Andrew Foley, survived him and died in 1860;[8] and his last surviving child, also called Harriet, died in 1879.[9]

## References

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1. ^ Varrall
2. ^ "Classical Victorians: Scholars, Scoundrels and Generals in Pursuit of Antiquity" Richardson, E p196: Cambridge, CUP, 2013 ISBN 978-1-107-02677-3
3. ^ ‘PRESENTATION of PLATE to Archdeacon ONSLOW’ Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, December 29, 1830; Issue 18736
4. ^ Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, October 22, 1817; Issue 14587
5. ^ Oxford, University of (1824). Oxford University Calendar. University of Oxford. p. 339.
6. ^ "Onslow, Richard Francis (1800–1834) (CCEd Person ID 37256)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
7. ^ Berrow's Worcester Journal (Worcester, England), Thursday, February 03, 1848; Issue 7575
8. ^ ‘Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries’ Morning Post (London, England), Tuesday, May 08, 1860; pg. 7; Issue 26954
9. ^ Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries Berrow's Worcester Journal (Worcester, England), Saturday, September 27, 1879; pg. 5; Issue 9702

Church of England titles

Preceded by

Thomas Evans

|  Archdeacon of Worcester
1815–1849  | Succeeded by

Richard Hone

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Archdeacons of Worcester

High Medieval|

* Senior archdeacon of the diocese: Ailric
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Late Medieval|

* Henri de la Tour du Pin
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* Robert de Worcester
* John de Severle
* John Harewell
* Simon Clement
* John Blanchard
* William Malpas
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* Thomas Powell
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* John Johnson
* William Swaddon
* Hugh Lloyd
* Edward Thornborough
* William Hodges
* John Fleetwood
* William Worth
* John Tottie
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* Thomas Evans
* Richard Onslow
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* William Lea
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* James Peile
* Ridley Duppuy
* Thomas Wilson
* Peter Eliot
* John Williams
* Peter Coleman
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