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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, June 24, 1826. Of Middlesex. [2nd] s. of John Herman (1796). [B. Mar. 8, 1808. School, Harrow (played for Harrow in the first cricket match v. Eton, 1824). [Went from Harrow to the East India College at Haileybury, 1824-6, but decided not to join the H.E.I.C.S.] ' Matric. Michs. 1826; Scholar, 1826; Browne medal, 1829; B.A. (4th Classic) 1830; M.A. 1833; B.D. 1840; D.D. 1871. Fellow (and tutor) of St John's, 1833-49. Hon. Fellow, 1874. Hulsean Lecturer, 1862 Hon. LL.D. (Edin.) 1884; Hon. D.C.L. (Oxford) 1866. He was the chief agent in the organization of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, rowing No. 4 in the first University contest at Henley, 1829. Member of the Apostles. Ord. deacon (Carlisle, Litt. dim. from Ely) June 9, 1833; priest, June 22, 1834. Select Preacher, 1838. Whitehall Preacher, 1839 and 1864. R. of Lawford, Essex, 1848-69. Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons, 1863-9. Boyle Lecturer, 1864-5. Dean of Ely, 1869-93. Married, July 2, 1850, Judith Mary Sophia, youngest dau. of George Frere, of Bishop's Stortford. Author of the well-known History of the Romans under the Empire, etc. Died Dec. 27, 1893, at Ely. Brother of Alexander F. (1831) and John L. (1834); father of the next. (Boase, II. 849; Eagle, XVIII. 183; D.N.B.; The Guardian, Jan. 10, 1894.)