Letter book, 1870-1871, with copy of Addington Venables,bishop of Nassau: a sketch of his life and labours for the church of God,by W. Francis Henry King (London, W.W. Gardner, 1877).
Papers by Addington Venables
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- ReferenceGB 161 MSS. W. Ind. s. 68
- Dates of Creation1870-1871, 1877
- Language of MaterialEnglish.
- Physical Description2 volumes
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Addington Robert Peel Venables (1827-1876), nephew of Sir Robert Peel, wasBishop of Nassau and the Bahamas including The Turks and Caicos Islands, 1864-1876. A promoter ofAnglo-Catholicism, he was the first Bishop to be made a member of the Society of the Holy Cross.
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