Richard Francis Onslow (16 January 1776Varrall – 23 October 1849) was Archdeacon of Worcester"Classical Victorians: Scholars, Scoundrels and Generals in Pursuit of Antiquity" Richardson, E p196: Cambridge, CUP, 2013 from 1815 to 1849.
Onslow was the son of Arthur Onslow, Dean of Worcester 1795–1817.Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, 22 October 1817; Issue 14587 He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford 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".Berrow's Worcester Journal (Worcester, England), Thursday, 3 February 1848; Issue 7575
His wife Harriet, the daughter of Andrew Foley, survived him and died in 1860;‘Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries’ Morning Post (London, England), Tuesday, 8 May 1860; pg. 7; Issue 26954 and his last surviving child, also called Harriet, died in 1879.Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries Berrow's Worcester Journal (Worcester, England), Saturday, 27 September 1879; pg. 5; Issue 9702
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