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Lushington, Edmund Law.
Adm. pens.
(age 17) at TRINITY, Dec. 21, 1826.
[Eldest] s. of Edmund Henry (above), Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple.
B. [Jan. 10, 1811] at Prestwich, Lancs.
School, Charterhouse.
Matric. Michs. 1828; Scholar, 1830-4; B.A. (Senior Classic) 1832; Chancellor's (Senior) Classical medal, 1832; M.A. 1835.
Fellow, 1834-42; Assistant tutor, 1835-7. Hon. Fellow, 1885-93.
Hon. LL.D., Edinburgh, 1873, and Glasgow, 1875; Hon. D.C.L., Oxford, 1876.
Adm. at the Inner Temple, Nov. 28, 1827.
Called to the Bar, Nov. 20, 1835.
Member of 'The Apostles.' A lifelong friend of Thackeray, who refers to him in The Virginians, and of Tennyson, who describes him in the Epilogue to In Memoriam as 'gentle, liberal-minded, great, consistent; wearing all that weight of learning lightly like a flower.' Professor of Greek at Glasgow, 1838-75; Lord Rector there, 1884-7. Married, Oct. 14, 1842, Cecilia Tennyson (sister of the poet), dau. of the Rev. George Clayton Tennyson, LL.D., R. of Somersby, Lincs., and had issue.
Edited, with a memoir, J. F. Ferrier's posthumous Works. Translated into Greek Tennyson's Oenone and Crossing the Bar. Contributed to the Memoir of Lord Tennyson by his son.
Lived latterly at Park House, Maidstone, Kent, which is described in the prologue to Tennyson's Princess. Died there, July 13, 1893.
Brother of Henry (1828) and the next.
(Boase, II. 534; Charterhouse Worthies; Glasgow Grads.; Al. Oxon.; D.N.B.; Burke, L.G.; Tennyson and His Friends, which contains a portrait.)
Edmund Law LUSHINGTON
Approx. lifespan: 1811–1893
pens. aged 17 Trinity College adm1826:12:21
Eldest s. of Edmund Henry LUSHINGTON (above), Master of: : Bench of Inner Temple
b. 1811:01:10 Prestwich, Lancashire Sch: Charterhouse
Matric 1828:10MT:
Scholar 1830-34
BA Senior Classic 1832
Chancellor's (Senior) Classical Medal 1832
MA 1835
Fellow 1834-42
Assistant Tutor: 1835-37
Hon. Fellow 1885-93
Hon.LLD Edinburgh, [ Scotland ] 1873, and Glasgow 1875
Hon. DCL OX 1876
Adm. Inner Temple: 1827:11:28
Called to the Bar: 1835:11:20
Member of: "The Apostles." A lifelong friend of Thackeray, who refers to him in The Virginians, and of Tennyson, who describes him in the Epilogue to In Memoriam as "gentle, liberal-minded, great, consistent; wearing all that weight of learning lightly like a flower."
Professor of: Greek at Glasgow [ Scotland ] 1838-75
Lord Rector there 1884-87
m. 1842:10:14,Cecilia Tennyson (sister of the poet) dau. of Rev. George Clayton TENNYSON LLD R.: Somersby, Lincolnshire
Publ.: Edited, with a memoir, J. F. Ferrier's posthumous Works . Translated into Greek Tennyson's Oenone and Crossing the Bar . Contributed to the Memoir of Lord Tennyson by his son.
latterly Park House, Maidstone, Kent , which is described in the prologue to Tennyson's Princess
had issue
d. there 1893:07:13
brother of Henry LUSHINGTON (1828) and the next.
( Boase, II. 534; Charterhouse Worthies; Glasgow Grads.; Al. Oxon.; D.N.B. ; Burke, L.G.; Tennyson and His Friends, which contains a portrait.)

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