Reverend Robert Fennell (1786 – 1838) Revd Robert Fennell lived a colourful life, and died a death that some of his contemporaries deemed suspicious. Yet, despite referring to it as “an arduous and anxious occupation”, he leaves behind scant evidence of his career as an educator! Robert was the youngest of three children born at Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire, to Thomas, a carpenter, and his wife, Mary. Having at some point relocated to a house on Wimbledon Common, several child
