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James Randall (priest)

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

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

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

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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1855 –1869
Succeeded byAlfred Pott
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