Francis William Pember
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Full name | Francis William Pember | ||||||||||||||
Born | Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England | 16 August 1862||||||||||||||
Died | 19 January 1954 Newnham, Cambridgeshire, England | (aged 91)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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1882–1885 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
1885 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 24 January 2010 |
Francis William Pember JP (16 August 1862 — 19 January 1954) was an English first-class cricketer, lawyer and an academic at the University of Oxford. Having been played first-class cricket for Hampshire and the Marylebone Cricket Club in his younger years, it was as an academic that Pember was best known. He was warden of All Souls College at Oxford for eighteen years, and would serve as Vice-Chancellor of the university in the late-1920s.
Early life and cricket
The son of the judge
Legal and academic careers
Pember was elected a law
Pember was elected Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University in 1926, succeeding Joseph Wells.[8] He was Vice-Chancellor until 1929, serving the final year of his Vice-Chancellorship alongside his friend, Lord Grey of Fallodon, who had been elected Chancellor in 1928.[6] Amongst the issues he faced while Vice-Chancellor were discussions about the future of the Bodleian Library.[6] Outside of Oxford, he maintained a connection with Harrow School, serving as its chairman of governors from 1910 to 1944.[6] He was appointed an Officier of the Legion of Honour by the French.[9] Following the death of his wife in 1942, Pember's health began to fail him. As a result, he sold Broncroft Castle and moved to live with his daughter in Newnham, Cambridgeshire. He died there in January 1954 and was cremated at Cambridge Crematorium on 24 January 1954.[6]
References
- ^ a b c Dauglish, M. G.; Stephenson, P. K. (1911). The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911 (3 ed.). London: Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 511.
- ^ "Wisden – Obituaries in 1954". ESPNcricinfo. 4 December 2005. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 1091.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Francis Pember". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Player profile: Francis Pember". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Dr. F. W. Pember". The Times. No. 52834. London. 20 January 1954. p. 8. Retrieved 17 February 2024 – via Gale.
- ^ Salter, H. E.; Lobel, Mary D., eds. (1954). "All Souls College". A History of the County of Oxford: The University of Oxford. Vol. 3. London: Victoria County History. pp. 173–193. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
- ^ "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 4 February 2009.