Tomb inscription · 1898
James Grose
- Date
- 7 June 1898
- Place
- Sttomas
- Plot
- Serial 2301
- Inscription
- James Grose, C.I.E., Member of Council, who died at Ootacamund, aged 59 years.
- Notes
- (See No. 523). Son of James Grose of Redruth, Cornwall. His brother Rev. Thomas Hodge Grose (1846-1906) died on the 11th Feb. 1906. He was the fourth son of James Grose. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and was elected scholar of Balliol in 1864. He took the B.A. Degree in 1868, with a first in classics and mathematics. He entered Lincoln's Inn in 1869 but was elected in 1870 to a Fellowship at Queen's College followed by his appointment as tutor and lecturer in 1871. He was ordained deacon in 1872 and became chaplain of the College in 1874 which office he held till the end of his life. In 1897 he was elected Registrar of the University.