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Celebrating Hampshire HistoriansKirby, Thomas Frederick1836 - 1910Kirby was educated at Eton 1848-1855 and then at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he stayed on as a fellow and assistant tutor 1861-1864. He then moved to London and was called to the Bar in 1866. He worked as a conveyancer and equity draftsman at Lincolns Inn, and acted as a reporter in the Rolls Court for The Times and the Law Journal. He helped to set up and run the New University Club from 1864. He came to Winchester College as bursar in 1877 and stayed until 1910, overseeing the college’s estates as steward of the College Manors from 1882 to 1910. Mayor of Winchester 1888 and original member and Alderman of Hampshire County Council, JP, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries (and secretary for Hampshire) and frequent contributor to its journal, Archaeologia, about historical matters relating to Winchester College. He edited an edition of the College’s Register of Scholars, and wrote the first proper history of the school. Sources
PortraitWinchester College Archives Contribution to county’s historyExtensive research and writing on all aspects of the history and development of Winchester College, its estates and its pupils, staff and tenants Relevant published works
Critical CommentsOther CommentsContributorSuzanne Foster, archivist at Winchester College, Oct 2021 Key WordsWinchester College, Hyde Abbey, Meonstoke, Priory of St Andrew, Winchester, Ropley Any queries or further suggestions for this part of the list should be addressed to celebrating@hantsfieldclub.org.uk.
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