Background
JEX-BLAKE, Thomas William was born in 1832. O. sur. son of Thomas Jex-Blake, Bun well and Brighton, and Maria, daughter of Thomas Cubitt, Honing Hall, Norfolk.
JEX-BLAKE, Thomas William was born in 1832. O. sur. son of Thomas Jex-Blake, Bun well and Brighton, and Maria, daughter of Thomas Cubitt, Honing Hall, Norfolk.
1072 Rugby; University College, Oxford (Scholar). Doctor of Divinity.
Fellow Queen's College Oxford. Pupil of Gold win Smith,and (private) of John Coniugton,and Theodore Walrond. 1st class Classical Moderations (Oxford) 1853, and Classics 1855.
Proxime Accessit Hertford Scholarship, 1853.
Mentioned, Ireland Scholarship, 1854. Composition Master Sixth Form Marlborough, under Doctor Cotton, 1855.
Assistant Master at Rugby, under Doctor Temple, 1858-1868. Principal of Cheltenham College, 186S-74.
Headmaster of Rugby School, 1874-1887, —the first Rugby boy elected headmaster, the first headmaster of Rugby who had been an assistant master.
Rector of Alvechurch, 1887- 1891. Justice of the Peace Worcestershire. Owner of 336 acresin South Norfolk.
PublicoMons: Long Vacation in Continental Picture Galleries, 1858.
Comprehension, The Toleration Acting, 1873. Life in Faith; Sermons in Rugby Chapel.
1875;: Higher Religious Education, 1896. Dean of Wells since 1891.
Clubs: Athenaeum, Alpine, Burlington Fine Arts.