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36. Fox, John, D.D., provost 1 Feb. , 1827 ; is. Henry, of St. Bees, Cumberland, gent. Queen's, matric. 4 Dec, 1794, aged 20, tabarder 1798, B.A. 1798, M.A. 1802, tutor and fellow 1808-27, B- ar >d D.D. 1827; master Northleach school 1826-7 '< died 11 August 1855. See Al. Ox. ii. 487.

37. Thomson, William, D.D., provost 18 Oct., 1855, resigned 10 April, 1862 ; is. John, of Whitehaven, Cumberland, gent. Queen's, matric. 2 June, 1836, aged 19 (from Shrewsbury school), scholar 1837-40, B.A. 1840, M.A. 1844, fellow 1847- 1854), select preacher 1848, 56, 64, Bampton lecturer 55, tutor, B. and D.D. 1856 (Honours : — 3 classics 1840; born 11 Feb., 1819, hon. LL. D. Camb. 1888, a schoolmaster at Whitehaven, rector of All Souls' Marylebone 1855, preacher Lincoln's Inn 1858-61, bishop of Gloucester 1861-3, a privy councillor and archbishop of York 1861, until his death 25 Dec, 1890. See Al. Ox. ii. 1413.

38. Jackson, William, D.D., provost 8 May, 1862 ; born at Grasmere, Westmorland, 17 Dec, 1792 ; s. Thomas, rector 1806-22. Queen's, matric. 10 May,

1808, aged 15 (from Kendal school), B.A. 1812, M.A. 1815, fellow 1815-29, tutor 1827, B.D. 1828, D.D. 1832 (Honours : — 2 classics 1811), Whitehall preacher 1827 ; chancellor of the diocese of Carlisle 1846-55, archdeacon and canon 1856-62 ; rector of Cliburn, Westmorland, 1841-58, and of Lowther 1828, until his death 13 Sept., 1878. See Al. Ox. ii- 737- 39. Magrath, John Richard, D.D., provost 3 Oct., 1878 ; born in St. Peter's Port, isle of Guernsey, 29 Jan., 1839 ; 3s. Nicholas, of Guernsey, surgeon. Oriel, matric 6 Dec., 1856, aged 17 (from Elizabeth coll., Guernsey), scholar 1856-60, B.A. 1860; fellow Queen's 1860-78, M.A. 1863, tutor 1864-77, B. and D.D. 1878 (Honours: — Stanhope essay i860, 1 classics and 4 mathematics i860, theological scholar- ship 1861), librarian and president Oxford union society 1861, classical examiner 1870, 1, 2, proctor 1876, select preacher 1867-9 '< vicar of Sparsholt, Berks, 1887-9, member of Hebdomadal council 1878, curator of university chest 1885, chaplain to bishop of Winchester 1891. See Al. Ox. ii. 901, and Men and Women 0/ the Time.

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