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in 1867 enlarged the scope of the Mathematical Tripos. For three 

 successive periods of four years each, beginning in 1866, he was 

 elected a Member of the Council of the Senate, his popularity in 

 the University being shown by the large majorities by which he 

 headed the poll at each of his two re-elections. He was one of the 

 first appointed Members of the General Board of Studies constituted 

 by the Statutes of 1882. He was also elected by the " Colleges in 

 common" in 1882, and on the expiration of his period of service 

 again in 1886 as one of their first representatives on .the Financial 

 Board of the University. He was a Member, and for the most part 

 Chairman, of the Board of Examination from its establishment in 

 1873 till within a few months of his death, when failing health com- 

 pelled him to resign this and other offices, the duties of which he felt 

 himself no longer able to discharge. 



In his public capacity his wise and prudent counsels, his able 

 administration and management, his thoroughness and directness of 

 purpose, were universally recognised. In his private capacity a wide 

 circle of friends will long remember his genial heartiness, his con- 

 stant and kindly thoughtfulness. B. J. B. 



