. Francis Paget, bishop of Oxford, chancellor of the Order of the Garter, honorary student and sometime dean of Christ church . THE DEANERY THE DEANERY STUi:)Y CHAPTER VI CHRIST CHURCH, 1892-I90I Those fortunate young men, who are now at theHouse, should study H. L. Thompsons History ofChrist Church : that they may learn the greatness ofthe place where they have the honour to reside, andall that it means for them to be able to put ex MdeChristi after their names. And when they come toread of Christ Church under Dean Liddell, from 1855to 1891, they may find themselves wondering w
. Francis Paget, bishop of Oxford, chancellor of the Order of the Garter, honorary student and sometime dean of Christ church . THE DEANERY THE DEANERY STUi:)Y CHAPTER VI CHRIST CHURCH, 1892-I90I Those fortunate young men, who are now at theHouse, should study H. L. Thompsons History ofChrist Church : that they may learn the greatness ofthe place where they have the honour to reside, andall that it means for them to be able to put ex MdeChristi after their names. And when they come toread of Christ Church under Dean Liddell, from 1855to 1891, they may find themselves wondering whatfurther work was left for his successor. Liddell hadsucceeded that mighty scholar Gaisford, who for aquarter of a century, from 1831 to 1855, had stoodout against reform. To all external interference withthe University and its colleges Dean Gaisford offereda stubborn resistance. To the inquiries of the firstuniversity commissioners he alone of all the heads ofcolleges would vouchsafe no reply of any kind. Heacknowledged none of their communications. Reformfrom within was no more acceptable to him than inter-ference from without : and he strictly
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