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University of Cambridge, 4 Mill Ln, Cambridge CB2 1RZ
St Mary's Church, Swan St, Kingsclere, Newbury RG20 5PJ, United Kingdom

Richard Nelson Barnes (February 28, 1808 – November 4, 1889) was born on February 28, 1808, in Greenwich, Kent, as the second son of Thomas Barnes, a mercer of Greenwich. He received his early education at Merchant Taylors' School. Continuing his studies at the university level, he was admitted to Pembroke College on June 20, 1826, at the age of 18, matriculating in October 1826 and graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1830, followed by a Master of Arts in 1833. As part of his intellectual and academic network during this era, he was a member of the Cambridge Apostles.

Following his university years, Barnes entered the clergy. He was ordained as a deacon in 1835 and as a priest in Exeter in 1836. His early ecclesiastical service consisted of a series of curacies, beginning at St Anne's in Plymouth, Devon, where he served from 1835 to 1839. He subsequently served as curate of Egg-Buckland in Devon from 1839 to 1842, Old Basing in Hampshire from 1842 to 1845, and Little Holbeck in Yorkshire from 1845 to 1847. He then took on the role of perpetual curate at Little Holbeck from 1847 to 1849. In 1849, Barnes moved to Hampshire to serve as the vicar of Kingsclere, a position he held for four decades until his death. He passed away on November 4, 1889, at the age of 81 in Kingsclere, Hampshire.

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The Cambridge Apostles, 1820-1914: Liberalism, Imagination, and Friendship in British Intellectual and Professional Life 1st Edition
by W.C. Lubenow

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