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Romilly, Joseph.
Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Nov. 12, 1808.
S. of Thomas Peter [of London] (and Jane Annie, dau. of Isaac Romilly).
B. [Oct. 9] 1791.
Matric. Michs. 1809; Scholar, 1810; B.A. (4th Wrangler) 1813; M.A. 1816.
Fellow 1815; Junior Dean, 1822-3; Senior Dean, 1829-31.
Registrary of the University, 1832-61.
Ord. deacon (Norwich, litt. dim., from Bristol) June 11, 1820.
Chaplain to the Archbishop of York.
Joined the committee in aid of the Greeks, 1823.
His outstanding work as Registrary was the cataloguing of the University records.
Edited the Graduati, 1760-1846 and 1760-1856.
An intimate friend of Adam Sedgwick, who wrote of him, 'he has a great deal of French blood in his veins which makes him a merry, genial man, and to such gifts he has added a vast store of literature.' Kept a Diary from 1820 to 1863; this (unpublished) record of University life has been utilised by Winstanley and by the authors of Sedgwick's Life. Died suddenly Aug. 7, 1864, unmarried, at Yarmouth; buried in the family vault at Christ Church, St Andrew's-the-Less, Cambridge.
(G. Mag., 1864, II. 389; Boase, III. 275; D.N.B.)
Joseph ROMILLY
Approx. lifespan: 1791–1864
pens. Trinity College adm1808:11:12
s. of Thomas Peter ROMILLY of London (and Jane Annie ROMILLY dau. of Isaac ROMILLY )
b. 1791:[10:09]
Matric 1809:10MT:
Scholar 1810
BA 4 th Wrangler 1813
MA 1816
Fellow 1815
Junior Dean: 1822-23
Senior Dean: 1829-31
Registrary of University 1832-61
Ord. deacon Norwich, litt. dim., from Bristol 1820:06:11
Chapl.: to the Archbishop of York.
Joined: the committee in aid of the Greeks 1823
His outstanding work as Registrary was the cataloguing of University records.
Publ.: Edited the Graduati 1760-1846, and 1760-1856
An intimate friend of Adam Sedgwick, who wrote of him, "he has a great deal of French blood in his veins which makes him a merry, genial man, and to such gifts he has added a vast store of literature."
Kept a Diary from 1820
to 1863
this (unpublished) record of University life has been utilised by Winstanley and by the authors of Sedgwick's Life
d. suddenly 1864:08:07, unmarried, Yarmouth, [ Norfolk ]
buried in the family vault at Christ Church, St Andrew's-the-Less CB [ Cambridgeshire ]
( G. Mag 1864, II. 389; Boase, III. 275; D.N.B .)
[add:]He kept his diary until the day of his death in 1864, recording a last swim in the sea at Yarmouth, [ Norfolk ] [:add]
[add:]Selected passages of the diary, 1832-42, were edited by J.P.T. Bury and published by the Cambridge University Press in 1967[:add]
[add:]Portrait by ??Miss de la Monnière at Registry[:add]
[add:]Photographs: CAS: J.64A; Album 54[:add]
[add:]See CUA : CUR 20.1 for contemp. accounts of his death[:add]
[add:] Cumberland Add. MSS 6804-42; P.J. Barnwell; Goodison: CP : 337[:add]

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