COLL P 04
Reference code
COLL P 04
Title
Papers of Provost Hornby, 1884 - 1909
Level
Series
Administrative / Biographical history
The son of Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby (1785-1867), Hornby was at Eton as an Oppidan from 1839 - 1845. He was in the Newcastle Select twice and in the XI in 1845. At Balliol College, Oxford, however, he was a rowing blue. He obtained a first-class degree and became a Fellow of Brasenose. From 1853 - 1864 he was Principal of Cosin Hall, Durham, and that university awarded him an honorary DCL. He then returned to Brasenose as a lecturer before moving to Winchester College as Second Master in 1867. In 1868 he was appointed Head Master of Eton, and was responsible for implementing the reforms called for by the Public Schools Commissioners and the New Governing Body appointed as a result of their report. He made many changes but was not a radical reformer and cannot have been altogether pleased to read Dr Warre's letter of 20 October 1884 (COLL/P4/4/1) with its implied criticisms of the discipline and curriculum he had inherited from his predecessor. Chaplain to both Queen Victoria and King Edward VII, he was appointed CVO in 1904. He was a pioneer of Alpine climbing and a skilled skater, and as Provost took much interest in the leaving portraits.
Date
1870 - 1909
Content description
The majority of these papers relate to his time as Provost, but include material from his time as Head master on the reorganisation of the College after the Public Schools Act and the dismissal of Oscar Browning.
Associated material
Letters from him as Head Master to Provost Goodford at COLL/P3 and from him to Dr Warre at Coll/P5. A copy letter from him at ED 251
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- Provost Hornby: Letter to Archibald Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury, on the New Governing Body's proposed scheme, COLL P 04 01, (14 December 1870)
- Provost Hornby: Letter from Richard Okes, Provost of King's College Cambridge, on the New Governing Body's decision over tutors, COLL P 04 02, (12 February 1884)
- Provost Hornby: Illuminated testimonial from the inhabitants of Hackney Wick, COLL P 04 03, (24 May 1884)
- Provost Hornby: Printed letters from the Head Master, COLL P 04 04 01, (1884 - 1896)
- Provost Hornby: Printed letters from the Head Master, COLL P 04 04 02, (1891 - 1901)
- Provost Hornby: Rules for the Keeper of the Playing Fields, COLL P 04 05, (3 June 1885)
- Provost Hornby: Letter to Sir Henry Maxwell Lyte on Governing Body decisions, COLL P 04 06, (19 February 1886)
- Provost Hornby: Letter from Albert Parker, Fellow, on Governing Body business, COLL P 04 07, ([1887])
- Provost Hornby: Correspondence on the attitude of public schools to royal requests for additional holidays, COLL P 04 08, (1888 - 1889)
- Provost Hornby: Letters from Francis Warre Cornish, Vice Provost, on a building estimate, COLL P 04 09, (1898)
- Provost Hornby: Letter from Edmond Warre on the wording of an advertisement for the Matron-in-College, COLL P 04 10, (10 May 1900)
- Provost Hornby: Papers on the loan of portraits to the Monarchs of England exhibition, COLL P 04 11, (1901 - 1902)
- Provost Hornby: Letter from George Brodrick, Warden of Merton College, Oxford, on the tutorial question, COLL P 04 12, (15 March 1903)
- Provost Hornby: The Church of Lyminster and the Chapel of Warning Camp, COLL P 04 13, (1904)
- Provost Hornby: Papers relating to appointment of new Head Master, COLL P 04 14, (1904 - 1905)
- Provost Hornby: Papers concerning the portrait of Edmond Warre, COLL P 04 16, (1906 - 1907)
- Provost Hornby: Letter from Edward Lyttelton on pensions for music staff, COLL P 04 17, (1 June 1908)
- Provost Hornby: Letters proposing honorary scholarships, COLL P 04 18, (1908 - 1909)
- Provost Hornby: Copy letter from Edward Lyttelton enclosing the report of a committee on staffing reductions, COLL P 04 19, (November 1908)
- Provost Hornby: Draft telegram informing Edmond Warre of his election as Head Master, COLL P 04 20, (29 July 1884)
- Provost Hornby: Inventory and valuation of fixtures in Head Master's House, COLL P 04 21, (December 1884)
- Provost Hornby: The Provost of Eton Presentation Portrait: circular and list of subscribers, COLL P 04 22, (1897)
- Provost Hornby: Correspondence with Oscar Browning on his dismissal, COLL P 04 23, (1875)
- Provost Hornby: Report of the Annual Conference of Head Masters held at Eton College, COLL P 04 24, (19 December 1879)
- Provost Hornby: Letter on Mathematical Assistant Masters, COLL P 04 25, (23 February 1875)