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Thirlwall, Connop [NEWELL].
Adm. pens. (age 17) at TRINITY, Feb. 19, 1814. [3rd] s. of [the Rev.] Thomas [R. of Bower's Gifford, Essex ] (for whom see D.N.B. ). B. [Feb. 11, 1797], at Mile End, London . School, Charterhouse.
Matric. Michs. 1814; Bell Scholar, 1815; Craven Scholar, 1815; Scholar, 1816; Chancellor's Classical medal, 1818; B.A. 1818; M.A. 1821.
Fellow, 1818; Junior Dean, 1827-8; Junior Bursar, 1830-2; Assistant Tutor, 1832-4; Hon. Fellow, 1867.
Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Feb. 4, 1820.
Called to the Bar, 1825.
Ord. deacon (Ely) 1827; priest (Bristol) 1828.
V. of Over, Cambridgeshire , 1829-30.
Required to resign his Assistant Tutorship in consequence of his 'Letter on the Admission of Dissenters to Academical Degrees.' R. of Kirby Underdale, Yorkshire , 1835-9. Bishop of St David's, 1840-74.
Quickly learned to preach in Welsh and travelled all over his diocese.
Author, Primitiae, or Essays and Poems on Various Subjects, by C. T. (when eleven years of age, preface by his father); History of Greece (in Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia), 8 vols., 1835-47; Geschichte von Griechenland von L. Haymann . Bonn, 1839-40; various Sermons, Charges and Letters, etc.
Died, July 27, 1875, at Bath; Buried in Westminster Abbey in the same grave with Grote.
The Thirlwall prize was instituted in his memory, 1884.
Brother of Thomas W. (1811).
( List of Carthusians; Carthusian Worthies; Crockford ; Foster, Index Eccles.; Inns of Court; Historical Register, 171, note 4; A. G. Hill; D.N.B. )
Connop Newell THIRLWALL
Approx. lifespan: 1797–1875
pens. aged 17 Trinity College adm1814:02:19
3rd s. of [Rev.] Thomas THIRLWALL R.: Bower's Gifford, Essex , (for whom see D.N.B. )
b. Mile End, London , 1797:02:11
Sch: Charterhouse School Charterhouse, [London],
Matric 1814:10MT:
Bell Scholar 1815
Craven Scholar 1815
Scholar 1816
Chancellor's Classical Medal 1818
BA 1818
MA 1821
Fellow 1818
Junior Dean: 1827-28
Junior Bursar: 1830-32
Assistant Tutor: 1832-34
Hon. Fellow 1867
Adm. Lincoln's Inn: 1820:02:04
Called to the Bar: 1825
Ord. deacon Ely 1827
Ord. priest Bristol 1828
V.: Over, Cambridgeshire , 1829-30
Required to resign his
Assistant: Tutorship in consequence of his 'Letter on the Admission of Dissenters to Academical Degrees.'
R.: Kirby Underdale, East Riding of Yorkshire , 1835-39
Bishop of: St David's, [Pembrokeshire], 1840-74
Quickly learned to preach in Welsh and travelled all over his diocese.
Publ.: Primitiae or Essays and Poems on Various Subjects, by C. T. (when eleven years of age, preface by his father); History of Greece (in Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia), 8 vols. 1835-47
Geschichte von Griechenland von L. Haymann . Bonn 1839-40
various Sermons, Charges and Letters etc.
d. Bath, [Somerset], 1875:07:27
bur. in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, [London], in the same grave with Grote.
The Thirlwall Prize was instituted in his memory 1884
brother of Thomas W. THIRLWALL (1811)
( List of Carthusians; Carthusian Worthies; Crockford ; Foster Index Eccles.; Inns of Court; Historical Register 171, note 4; A. G. Hill; D.N.B. )
[add:]Two busts, one by E. Davis, at Trinity College [:add]
[add:]Atkinson, 453, 454[:add]

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