Background
PAPILLON, Thomas Leslie was born on April 12, 1841 in Lexden, Essex. Son of Reverend John Papillon, Rector of Lexden, and Frances Anne Prudentia, daughter of Right Reverend John Leslie, Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland.
PAPILLON, Thomas Leslie was born on April 12, 1841 in Lexden, Essex. Son of Reverend John Papillon, Rector of Lexden, and Frances Anne Prudentia, daughter of Right Reverend John Leslie, Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland.
Marlborough; Balliol College, Oxford (Scholar).
Fellow of Merton College, 1865-1870, and of New College, Oxford, 1870-1884. 1st class Moderations (Classics), 1862. 1st class Final Classical School, 1864.
Hertford Scholar, 1862.
Latin Verse Prize, 1863. Assistant Master at Rugby, 1868-1869.
Tutor and Dean, New College, 1870-1884. Junior Bursar, 1877-1884.
Moderator (Honours), 1877-1879 and 1885-1887.
Whitehall Preacher, 1877-1879. Examiner at Victoria University 1892-1894. At Leeds University 1905.
And at various times for Sandhurst, Woolwich, and the Civil Service.
Member of the Moseley Educational Commission to the United States, 1903. Honourable Canon of Saint Albans since 1907. Vicar of Writtle, Essex, 1884-1909.
Club: Athenaeum.