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Addington Robert Peel Venables was an Anglican colonial bishop in the 19th century. Born in 1827 he was educated at Exeter College Oxford and consecrated in 1863. He died in post in 1876.His son Major Charles John Venables of the Gloucestershire Regiment served with distinction in the Boer War and was mentioned in despatches won the Queen’s Medal with two clasps and the DSO. He was killed at Gallipoli in 1915.