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
  1. Hartlebury Castle Trust
  2. Morning Post (London, England), 22 October 1817.
  3. "Bishops and Deans of Worcester" Green,B: Worcester, Bertram Green, 1979
  4. "Onslow, Arthur (1770–1818) (CCEd Person ID 37253)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
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