Richard Venables (1775-1858) was

Archdeacon of Carmarthen An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that of most ...

from 1832 until his death. He was born in

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, educated at

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and

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in 1798. He held incumbencies at Warmsfield, Ackwicken with Leziate,

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and Newchurch. He died on 15 January 1858.'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries'

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(London, England), Monday, January 18, 1858; pg. 8; Issue 26225. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800-1900

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1775 births 1858 deaths Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge 19th-century English Anglican priests Archdeacons of Carmarthen {{ChurchofEngland-archdeacon-stub