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| Spedding, James. Adm. pens. (age 19) at TRINITY, Feb. 10, 1827. [3rd] s. of John, Esq., of Mirehouse, Keswick, Cumberland (and Sarah, eldest dau. of Henry Gibson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne). B. there, June 26, 1808. School, Bury St Edmunds. Matric. Michs. 1827; Scholar, 1829; Members' prize, 1831, 1832; B.A. 1831; M.A. 1834. Hon. Fellow, 1872-81. One of the 'Apostles.' A school-fellow of Fitzgerald, and a College friend of the Tennysons; neighbour of the Lake Poets. Worked in the Colonial Office, 1835-41, accompanying Lord Ashburton to the United States as secretary of a boundary Commission, 1842. Spent 30 years on an edition of Bacon, which Carlyle described as 'the hugest and faithfullest bit of literary navvy-work I have ever met with in this generation....Bacon is washed clean down to the natural skin.' Resided at 60, Lincoln's Inn Fields, and latterly at 80, Westbourne Terrace, London. Died, unmarried, Mar. 9, 1881, at St George's Hospital, London, from injuries received in a street accident. Fitzgerald described him as 'wise, calm, bold, combining the best qualities of youth and age...immutably wise, good and delightful.' 'Spedding,' said Tennyson, 'was the Pope among us young men–the wisest man I know.' See Gairdner's Studies in English History (to which he contributed), and Venables' preface to Spedding's Evenings with a Reviewer. Portrait by G. F. Watts. Tennyson's 'Lines to J. S.' were addressed to him. Brother of John (1823) and of Thomas S. (1818). (D.N.B.; Tennyson and his Friends; Boase, III. 682; Cambridge Review, 1881, 225.) | James SPEDDING Approx. lifespan: 1808–1881 pens. aged 19 Trinity College adm1827:02:10 3rd s. of John SPEDDING Esq., of Mirehouse Keswick, Cumberland (and Sarah GIBSON eldest dau. of Henry GIBSON of Newcastle-on-Tyne, [ Northumberland ] ) b. there 1808:06:26 Sch: Bury St Edmunds School Bury St Edmunds, [ Suffolk ] Matric 1827:10MT: Scholar 1829 Members' Prize 1831, 1832 BA 1831 MA 1834 Hon. Fellow 1872-81 One of the "Apostles." A school- Fellow of: : Fitzgerald, and a College friend of the Tennysons; neighbour of the Lake Poets. Worked in Colonial Office 1835-41 accompanying Lord Ashburton to the United States as Sec. of: : boundary Commission 1842 Spent 30 years on an edition of Bacon, which Carlyle described as "the hugest and faithfullest bit of literary navvy-work I have ever met with in this generation....Bacon is washed clean down to the natural skin." At 60, Lincoln's Inn Fields, [ London ] and latterly 80 Westbourne Terrace, London d., unmarried 1881:03:09 At: St George's Hospital London from injuries received in a Street accident. Fitzgerald described him as "wise, calm, bold, combining the best qualities of youth and age...immutably wise, good and delightful." "Spedding," said Tennyson, "was the Pope among us young men–the wisest man I know." See Gairdner's Studies in English History (to which he contributed), and Venables' preface to Spedding's Evenings with a Reviewer Portrait by G. F. Watts. Tennyson's "Lines to J. S." were addressed to him. brother of John SPEDDING (1823) brother of of Thomas S. SPEDDING (1818) ( D.N.B.; Tennyson and his Friends; Boase, III. 682; Cambridge Review 1881, 225) <app>Portrait by S. Lawrence at Trinity College </app> <app>(Atkinson, 453)</app> |