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Adm. pens. (age 17) at PETERHOUSE, Jan. 26, 1783. [Eldest] s. of Thomas, banker, of Liverpool. B. 1765, in Liverpool. School, Eton. ' Matric. Michs. 1783; B.A. (8th Wrangler) 1787; M.A. 1790. Fellow, 1788-1825; tutor, 1806, Dean and Bursar. Regius Professor of modern history, 1807-49. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Feb. 6, 1783. Private tutor to Thomas Sheridan, elder son of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, living with his pupil at Wanstead, Bognor and Cambridge, 1793-1806. Describes his intercourse with his pupil's father as one of eternal insult, mortification and disappointment; his salary was usually in arrears and his letters of protest unanswered. Caricatured by Gillray. Retired to Norwich. A collection of books, given by him for the use of his successors in the Chair of modern history formed the nucleus of the Seeley memorial library. Author, Ode for the Installation of the Duke of Gloucester; English Lyrics; Lectures on Modern History; Lectures on the French Revolution; Evidences of Christianity; etc. Died, unmarried, June 24, 1849, at Norwich. M.I. in the cathedral and windows in Peterhouse chapel. (Eton Coll. Reg.; D.N.B.; Inns of Court; T. A. Walker, 350; T. Wright and Evans, Gillray, 480 and 482.)
| Type | Name | Date | Qualification | University | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appt | Smyth, William | 30/06/1788 | BA | Cambridge | View |