SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS CHARLES DOYLE
, Bart
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(,8,o-1888), English man of letters, was born at Nunappleton, Yorkshire, on the 21st of August 181o
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He was the son of Major- General Sir Francis Hastings Doyle, 1st baronet (1783-1839), and was educated at Eton and at Christ See also: - CHURCH
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- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
, See also: - OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
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- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
, where he took a first-class in classics in 1831
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He read for the bar and was called in 1837
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He had been elected to a fellowship of All Souls' in 1835, and his interests were chiefly literary
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Among his intimate friends was Mr Gladstone, at whose marriage he assisted as " best man "; but in later life their political opinions widely differed
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In 1834 he published Miscellaneous Verses, reissued with additions in 184o
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This was followed by Two Destinies (1844), The Duke's Funeral (1852), Return of the Guards and other Poems (1866); and from 1867 to 1877 he was professor of poetry at Oxford
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In 1869 some of the lectures he delivered were published in book form
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One of the most interesting was his appreciation of See also: - WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
, and the essay on Newman's Dream of Gerontius was translated into French
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In 1886 he published his Reminiscences, full of records of the interesting people he had known
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Sir Francis Doyle succeeded his father (chairman of the board of excise) as 2nd baronet in 1839, and in 1844 married Sidney, daughter of Charles Watkin Williams Wynn (1775-1850)
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From 1845 he held various important offices in the customs
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He died on the 8th of June 1888
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Doyle's poetry is memorable for certain isolated and spirited pieces in praise of British fortitude
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