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Darwin Correspondence Project

James Penfold

1801/2–58

Clergyman. BA, Christ’s College, Cambridge, 1830. Rector of Thorley, Isle of Wight, 1841–50. Admitted to Clapham Retreat lunatic asylum, April 1858.

Sources

Alum. Cantab

Census returns of England and Wales 1841 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/408/10/3/1), 1851 (HO107/1601/478/5)

South Eastern Gazette, 22 June 1858, p.8

Sutton, Surrey, England, Church of England baptisms, marriages and burials, 1538–1812 (Ancestry.com, accessed 16 June 2017)

UK, lunacy patients admission registers, 1846–1912 (Ancestry.com, accessed 16 June 2017)

Bibliography

Alum. Cantab.: Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900. Compiled by John Venn and J. A. Venn. 10 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1922–54.

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