James Randall (priest)

The Ven. James Randall[1] (born in Winchester 19 March 1790 and died in Binfield 19 November 1882) was the Archdeacon of Berkshire[2] from 1855[3] until his resignation in 1869.[4]

Randall was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Oxford, of which college he then became a Fellow.[5] He was Rector of All Saints, Binfield[6] from 1831 to 1859;[7] Archdeacon of Berkshire from 1855[8] to 1869; and a Canon of Bristol from 1867 to 1875. He is buried in the churchyard at Binfield;[9] and the chancel has been restored in his memory.[10]

His eldest son Richard was Dean of Chichester from 1892 to 1902;[11] and another son Leslie was the inaugural Bishop of Reading. from 1889 until 1908.[12]

References
  1. NPG details
  2. Berkshire Record Society
  3. British History On-line
  4. 'Obituary' Wednesday, Nov. 22, 1882 The Times (London, England) Issue: 30671
  5. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Randall, James" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  6. Berkshire Record Office
  7. Church web site
  8. Horn, Joyce M. (1996), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 8, p. 86
  9. Find a grave
  10. Kelly's Directory: Berks, Bucks and Oxon 1911
  11.  "Randall, Richard". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  12. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1898. p. 22. Retrieved 9 March 2021.


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