“ Romilly, the first official act which fell to the new Registrary was the election and installation of the Duke of Devonshire as Chancellor. The labours of the Registrary have, in consequence of the large annual increase in the number of undergraduates and the extended work of the University, becomes very onerous, and it was felt that some relief should be given, so in 1885 an Assistant Registrary was elected ad the stipend of the Registrary raised to £700. Some idea can be formed of the increase of the University from the following figures. ”

“ Mary's, Cambridge, in addition to his official and literary work, and by his death the University is deprived of its best known, and certainly one of the most popular, of its permanent officials. The election to the office of Registrary is vested in the members of the Senate. The council nominate two persons, and by the statutes the election must take place within 14 days of the notification of the vacancy to the Vice-Chancellor. ”

“ He received his early education at Cheam, and in due course entered at Trinity College, of which society he was a scholar. He graduated in the Mathematical Tripos of 1847, being fourteenth Wrangler, and two years afterwards was elected to a Fellowship. He entered holy orders and remained in his residence, taking part in the educational work of his college and filling the offices of Assistant Tutor. He early developed literary tastes, and in 1857 contributed a "Life of Person" to the "Cambridge Essays" of that year. ”