Arthur Onslow (priest)
Arthur Onslow (31 August 1746 – 15 October 1817) was Dean of Worcester[1] from 1795 until his death.[2]
The son of Lieutenant General Richard Onslow, he was educated at Eton and Exeter College, Oxford.[3] He was ordained in 1774 and held incumbencies at St James Garlickhythe in the City of London, Shottesbrooke, Kidderminster, Wolverley and Lindridge.[4] He married Frances Phipps in 1772. They had two daughters and three sons, one of whom, Richard, was Archdeacon of Worcester from 1815 to 1849.
References
- Hartlebury Castle Trust
- Morning Post (London, England), 22 October 1817.
- "Bishops and Deans of Worcester" Green,B: Worcester, Bertram Green, 1979
- Persons: Onslow, Arthur (1770–1818) in "CCEd, the Clergy of the Church of England database" (Accessed online, 5 February 2014)
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Preceded by St Andrew St John |
Dean of Worcester 1795–1817 |
Succeeded by John Banks Jenkinson |
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