Richard Onslow (priest) explained

Richard Francis Onslow
Birth Date:	16 January 1776
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. His final post was as Rector of Newent: in 1848, he fell ill and was "no longer able to preach".^[6]

His wife Harriet, the daughter of Andrew Foley, survived him and died in 1860;^[7] and his last surviving child, also called Harriet, died in 1879.^[8]

Notes and References

1. http://www.varrall.net/wc05/wc05_210.htm Varrall
2. "Classical Victorians: Scholars, Scoundrels and Generals in Pursuit of Antiquity" Richardson, E p196: Cambridge, CUP, 2013
3. ‘PRESENTATION of PLATE to Archdeacon ONSLOW’ Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, December 29, 1830; Issue 18736
4. [Morning Post]
5. Book: Oxford, University of . Oxford University Calendar . 1824 . University of Oxford . 339 . en.
6. [Berrow's Worcester Journal]
7. ‘Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries’ Morning Post (London, England), Tuesday, May 08, 1860; pg. 7; Issue 26954
8. Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries Berrow's Worcester Journal (Worcester, England), Saturday, September 27, 1879; pg. 5; Issue 9702