Francis William Pember
Francis William Pember JP (1862–1954) was a British lawyer and University of Oxford academic, where he served as Vice-Chancellor.[1]
Francis Pember was the son of Edward Henry Pember KC JP. He was educated at Harrow School and Balliol College, Oxford, where he matriculated on 21 October 1880. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, London, in 1889. He was a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford from 1884, Estate Bursar from 1910–14, and Warden from 1914–32.[2][3] He was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1926–29.[4]
Pember was an Officier Légion d'honneur.[5]
He married in 1895, The Hon. Margaret Bowen Davey, daughter of Horace Davey, Baron Davey. Their daughter Katharine Pember would marry Charles Galton Darwin in 1925.
He was cremated at Cambridge Crematorium on 24 January 1954.
References
- ↑ Pember, Francis William.
- ↑ 32: Warden's House, All Souls College.
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- ↑ Information, National Portrait Gallery, London.
External links
- Portrait, Oxford
- Pember, Francis William (1862–1954) Warden of All Souls College, Oxford, Janus archive, University of Cambridge
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Preceded by | Warden of All Souls College, Oxford 1914–1932 |
Succeeded by Frederick John Napier Thesiger, Viscount Chelmsford |
Preceded by | Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1926–1929 |
Succeeded by Frederick Homes Dudden |
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- 1862 births
- 1954 deaths
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- Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
- Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford
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- Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford
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