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| Name: | Joseph Romilly |
| Sex: | Male |
| Father: | Thomas Peter Romilly (1753-1829) |
| Mother: | Jane Ann Romilly ( - ) |
| Birth | 9 Oct 1791 | Westminster, Middlesex |
| Baptism | 6 Nov 1791 (age 0) | Westminster, Middlesex |
| Death | 7 Aug 1864 (age 72) | Great Yarmouth, Norfolk |
| Burial | 11 Aug 1864 | St Andrew the Less, Cambridge (aged 73) |
ROMILLY, JOSEPH. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Nov. 12, 1808. S. of Thomas Peter [of London] (and Jane Annie, dau. of Isaac Romilly). B. [Oct. 9] 1791. Matric. Michs. 1809; Scholar, 1810; B.A. (4th Wrangler) 1813; M.A. 1816. Fellow 1815; Junior Dean, 1822-3; Senior Dean, 1829-31. Registrary of the University, 1832-61. Ord. deacon (Norwich, litt. dim., from Bristol) June 11, 1820. Chaplain to the Archbishop of York. Joined the committee in aid of the Greeks, 1S23. His outstanding work as Registrary was the cataloguing of the University records. Edited the Graduati, 1760-1846 and 1760-1856. An intimate friend of Adam Sedgwick, who wrote of him, 'he has a great deal of French blood in his veins which makes him a merry, genial man, and to such gifts he has added a vast store of literature.' Kept a Diary from 1820 to 1863; this (unpublished) record of University life has been utilised by Winstanley and by the authors of Sedgwick's Life. Died suddenly Aug. 7, 1864, unmarried, at Yarmouth; buried in the family vault at Christ Church, St Andrew's-the-Less, Cambridge. (G. Mag., 1864, II. 389; Boase, in. 275; D.N.B.)
Source: J A Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses, Part II, Vol V.
ROMILLY The Reverend Joseph, 24 August 1864. The Will of the Reverend Joseph Romilly late of 3 Benet Place Cambridge and of Trinity College Cambridge in the County of Cambridge Clerk deceased who died 7 August 1864 at Great Yarmouth in the County of Norfolk was proved at the Principal Registry by the oath of George Baugh Allen of 4 Paper Buildings Temple in the City of London Esquire the Nephew the sole Executor. Effects under £16,000.