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- 13th December 1856 (Creation)
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1 item, paper
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Born in Woolwich in 1806. Attended the University of Cambridge. Matriculated in Michaelmas 1832 (Caius); B.A. 1836; M.A. 1839; LL.D. 1854. Fellow, 1838-77; bursar, 1855-7. Called to the Bar, 1840. On the Cambridge, Huntingdon and Bedford Sessions. Assessor to the Vice-Chancellor, 1852. Serjeant-at-Law, 1858. Recorder of Bury St Edmunds, 1861-77. Appealed, 1849, to Prince Albert, as Chancellor, to interfere in what he regarded as irregularities in certain College procedure; this was taken very seriously by Dr Chapman, the Master, and Tozer was admonished for breach of statute as the Chancellor was not concerned. Author of "On Probability"; "On Identity of Method in the Search for Truth", etc. Died Dec. 8, 1877, at his residence, 4, James Street, Buckingham Gate.
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Letter to the Master of Jesus College confirming receipt of the stipend for the Barnaby Lecturer. Amount totals £3 1s. Signed by John Tozer.