ED 250 04 04
Reference code
ED 250 04 04
Title
Papers of Walter Durnford, 1847 - 1926
Level
Sub-series
Administrative / Biographical history
Second son of the Bishop of Chichester, Walter came to Eton in 1859, initially boarding with Mr Stevens but obtaining a King's Scholarship in 1860, He was in the Newcastle Select in 1864 and 1865 and also a member of College Wall. In 1865 he went to King's College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow in 1869. From 1870 - 1899 he was an assistant master at Eton, then returned to King's, becoming Vice-Provost in 1909 and Provost in 1918 in succession to M.R. James. He was also active in Cambridge politics and served as Mayor of Cambridge in 1905. He was elected a Fellow of Eton in 1910 to represent the University of Cambridge but on becoming Provost of King's automatically took on the role of Senior Fellow. In 1919 he was knighted (GBE). He never married but was clearly close to his nephews and nieces, and the whole family enjoyed visits to his house on the Isle of Wight.
Date
1883 - 1888
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- Walter Durnford: 'Walter's letters', ED 250 04 04 01, (1883 - 1888)
- Walter Durnford: Letter to Fanny, ED 250 04 04 02, (26 June 1887)
- Walter Durnford: Letter to Fanny, ED 250 04 04 03, (25 February 1919)
- Walter Durnford: Letter to Richard, ED 250 04 04 04, (24 January 1884)
- Walter Durnford: Letter to niece, ED 250 04 04 05, (10 September 1917)
- Walter Durnford: Letter to niece, ED 250 04 04 06, (4 July 1918)
- Walter Durnford: Letter from aunt, ED 250 04 04 07, (n.d.)
- Walter Durnford: Letter from William Ewart Gladstone, ED 250 04 04 08, (21 October 1895)
- Walter Durnford: Letters from Ann Maria Wilson Patten, ED 250 04 04 09-11, (1857)
- Walter Durnford: Letter from George Shaw, ED 250 04 04 12, (15 October 1856)
- Walter Durnford: The Granta, ED 250 04 04 13, (30 November 1901)
- Walter Durnford: Order of Proceedings, ED 250 04 04 14, (17 November 1918)
- Walter Durnford: Presentation volume, ED 250 04 04 15, (July 1914)
- Walter Durnford: Order of service, ED 250 04 04 16, (25 April 1926)
- Walter Durnford: Address from service, ED 250 04 04 17, ([1926])
- Walter Durnford: Press cuttings, ED 250 04 04 18, (1926)
- Walter Durnford: Tributes, ED 250 04 04 19, (n.d.)
- Walter Durnford: Photographs, ED 250 04 04 20, (n.d.)
- Walter Durnford: Comic verse, ED 250 04 04 21, (1904)