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FROUDE, JAMES ANTHONY, brother of William Froude (qv); b. 13 Apr 1818; adm. 15 Jan 1830 (Stelfox's); KS 1830; left 1833; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Dec 1835; Chancellor’s Prize for English Essay 1842; BA 1842; MA 1843; Devon Fellow, Exeter Coll. Oxford, 1842 - 27 Feb 1849, when his book Nemesis of Faith was burnt by Dr Sewell in Exeter College Hall; ordained deacon 1844, but availed himself of the provisions of the Clerical Disabilities Relief Act 19 Jul 1872; after his first marriage he devoted himself to historical and literary work; editor, Fraser’s Magazine, 1860-74; sent as Commissioner to Cape of Good Hope to report upon South African confederation 1874-5; Rector of St. Andrew’s Univ., 1868-71, LLD St. Andrew’s 1869; Hon. Fellow, Exeter Coll. Oxford 1882, Oriel Coll. Oxford 1892; Hon. LLD Edinburgh 1884; Regius Professor of Modern History, Oxford Univ., from 18 Apr 1892; author, A History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1856-70, and other works; in his Shadows of the Clouds, 1847, Froude tells the melancholy story of Edward Fowler, a Westminster boy, which may contain reminiscences of his own far from happy school career (Paul, Life of Froude, 1905, 10-1); m. 1st, 3 Oct 1849 Charlotte Maria, fifth dau. of Pascoe Grenfell MP, Taplow Court, Bucks.; m. 2nd, 12 Sep 1861 Henrietta Elizabeth, dau. of John Ashley Warre MP, West Cliff House, Ramsgate, Kent; d. 20 Oct 1894. DNB.
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.