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Chapter XI - THE ROYAL COMMISSION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2010

Denys Arthur Winstanley
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In November 1849 Professor Corrie, having been for many years a Fellow and Tutor of St Catharine's, was promoted by his friend and former colleague, Dr Turton, Bishop of Ely, to the Mastership of Jesus; and twelve months later, in accordance with the established system of rotation, he succeeded Dr Cartmell as Vice-Chancellor. It was unfortunate that he entered upon this office when the Royal Commissioners were beginning their labours, as he was an extreme Tory in academic and national politics, and the last ditch was his spiritual home.

“He is”, wrote Adam Sedgwick, “a thoroughly conscientious man and book-learned in his own way; and I am told that he is both respected and loved by the circle of his personal friends. But he is physically reserved, timid and shy, bearing this character in his person and manner. Over and above, he is on many points singularly narrow-minded, and on all points he is, I believe, as obstinate as a mule; so that no power on earth would turn him when he thinks himself right, and, like other honest men of narrow views, he, perhaps, never believes himself to be in the wrong.”

No one, indeed, could have been less fitted to cope with the crisis confronting him, particularly as he was strongly prejudiced against the Chancellor. He never sought his advice, rarely communicated with him, and even went so far as to announce his intention of declining his hospitality.

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Early Victorian Cambridge , pp. 234 - 269
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009
First published in: 1940

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