George William Erskine Russell

“ King, however, declined, and remained chaplain till, at the beginning of 1863, on the death of the Rev. H. H. Swinny, the bishop made him principal of the college and vicar of Cuddesdon. As vicar of the parish he had fuller scope for pastoral work, and as principal of the college he developed an unique power of winning the confidence and moulding the character of the students, They were attracted by his profound piety, his cheerfulness, his persuasiveness, and his companionable habits. ”

“ At the general election of November 1885, which followed the extension of the suffrage to the agricultural labourers, Lawson was defeated in the Cockermouth division of Cumberland by ten votes. Five hundred Irish constituents voted against him. There was a paradox in his defeat by the labourers and the Irish, in both of whose interests he had consistently worked hard during the last parliament. He watched from the Riviera the subsequent struggle in parliament over Gladstone's home rule bill, with which he was in complete sympathy. ”

“ King, who always looked forward to holy orders as his appointed sphere in life, received in 1854 the offer of a curacy from Edward Elton, vicar of Wheatley, near Cuddesdon, in Oxfordshire. He was ordained both deacon (11 June 1854) and priest (3 June 1855) by Samuel Wilberforce, bishop of Oxford. Wheatley was at that time a rough and lawless village, and King's zeal in pastoral work powerfully reinforced Elton's efforts at moral reformation. ”

“ In 1867 Lawson's father died, and he succeeded to the baronetcy and estates. After the dissolution of 1868 Lawson, who was an enthusiastic champion of Gladstone's policy of Irish disestablishment, and indeed upheld disestablishment everywhere, was returned for Carlisle at the top of the hill. In the new parliament he was active in support of the government measures, but also identified himself with many unpopular causes. He advocated women's rights ”

“ He took a full though not a very conspicuous part in the social and academic life of the university ; he preached in the university pulpit, and in the parish churches of Oxford ; and, aided by his mother, exercised a genial hospitality. As Dr. Pusey (1800-1882) grew old and feeble, and Dr. Liddon (1829-1890) resided less and less in Oxford, King became the most powerful element in the religious life of the university.
In February 1885, on the resignation of Christopher Wordsworth [q. v.] , bishop of Lincoln, Gladstone appointed King to the vacant see. ”

“ He taught a theology which, while fundamentally catholic, was free from exotic peculiarities. He aimed at turning out men saturated with the spirit of the Prayer Book. Among his students at Cuddesdon was Stephen Edward Gladstone, son of W. E. Gladstone, whose attention was thus called to King's gifts as a trainer of young clergymen. In February 1873, on the death of Charles Atmore Ogilvie [q. v.] , the first professor of pastoral theology at Oxford, Gladstone offered the chair to King. ”

“ In dealing with the boy's and youths of the parish he first manifested that remarkable power of influencing young men which was the special characteristic of his later ministry.
In 1858 Bishop Wilberforce, alarmed by the outcry against alleged romanising tendencies in the theological college at Cuddesdon, which he had founded in 1853, changed the staff, and bestowed the chaplaincy on King. It was by no means a welcome change. Next spring the bishop forced the vice-principal, Henry Parry Liddon [q. v.] , to resign, and begged King to succeed him. ”

“ In 1872 he moved a resolution to the effect that we should, as soon as possible, extricate ourselves from all treaties with foreign powers, by which we bound ourselves to fight for them and their dominions. ”

“ LAWSON, Sir WILFRID, second baronet (1829–1906) , politician and temperance advocate, born on 4 Sept. 1829 at his father's house, Brayton, near Carlisle, was eldest son in a family of four sons and four daughters of Sir Wilfrid Lawson (1795-1867) , by his wife Caroline, daughter of Sir James Graham, first baronet, of Netherby, and sister to Sir James Robert George Graham [q. v.] , the Peelite statesman. |The family surname was originally Wybergh. The politician's father was younger son of Thomas Wybergh of Clifton Hall, Westmoreland, whose family was settled there since the fourteenth century. ”

“ Standing in the 'eastward position' during the first part of the communion service. 3. Standing during the prayer of oonsccration on the west aide of the holy table, in such manner that the congregation could not see the manual acts performed. 4. Causing the hymn 'Agnus Dei' to be sung after the prayer of consecration. 5. Pouring water and wine into the paten and chalice after the service, and afterwards drinking such water and wine before the congregation. 6. ”