Richard Onslow (priest)

Richard Francis Onslow (16 January 1776[1] – 23 October 1849 [2]) was Archdeacon of Worcester[3] from 1815 to[4] 1849.

Onslow was the son of Arthur Onslow, Dean of Worcester 1795–1817.[5] He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford[6] and ordained in 1800. He was Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Worcester; and then Vicar of Kidderminster until 1834.[7] His final post was as Rector of Newent: in 1848 he fell ill and was "no longer able to preach".[8]

His wife Harriet, the daughter of Andrew Foley, survived him and died in 1860;[9] and his last surviving child, also called Harriet, died in 1879.[10]

References
  1. Varrall
  2. thePeerage.com
  3. "Classical Victorians: Scholars, Scoundrels and Generals in Pursuit of Antiquity" Richardson,E p196: Cambridge, CUP, 2013 ISBN 978-1-107-02677-3
  4. ‘PRESENTATION of PLATE to Archdeacon ONSLOW’ Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, December 29, 1830; Issue 18736
  5. Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, October 22, 1817; Issue 14587
  6. The Oxford University Calendar 1824 p339
  7. The Clergy Database
  8. Berrow's Worcester Journal (Worcester, England), Thursday, February 03, 1848; Issue 7575
  9. ‘Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries’ Morning Post (London, England), Tuesday, May 08, 1860; pg. 7; Issue 26954
  10. 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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