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The volume begins with edited memoranda and a selection of correspondence that reconstruct his life, ideals, and character, accompanied by editorial notes on missing letters, anonymized names, and facsimile pages; illustrations supplement the narrative. A second, independent section gathers contemporary essays and reviews assessing his intellectual affinities and relation to the Oxford religious movement, presenting varied critical perspectives. Together the parts offer a portrait shaped by personal documents and public appraisal, combining biographical reconstruction, candid editorial commentary about gaps in the record, and critical reflection on his place in Anglican religious debates.

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  • Faber, Rev. Frederick William, disedified by Cologne, 93.
    • effect on, of the ‘Remains,’ 225.
    • references by, to R. H. F. and the Oxford Movement in ‘The Cherwell Water Lily and other Poems,’ 263.
  • Fairbairn, Principal A. M., in ‘Catholicism, Roman and Anglican,’ on R. H. F. as the moving spirit among the Tractarians, 408.
  • Fairford, home of Keble’s father, 21 note, 42, visit to, of R. H. F., 1832., 75.
  • Faith, according to the New Testament, R. H. F.’s conception of, 314-5.
    • as defined by the Editors of the ‘Remains,’ 381.
  • Falmouth, point de départ of R. H. F. in 1832., 78-9, and again in 1833., 130.
    • Newman’s poem written at, 78.
  • ‘Farewell to Feudalism,’ poem by R. H. F., 111.
  • ‘Fashion, The, of this World passeth away,’ verses by R. H. F., 45.
  • Fathers of the Church, views of, on Tradition, Newman exercised over, 182, R. H. F. on, 183.
  • Faussett, Rev. Godfrey, letter to, from Newman on R. H. F.’s views of the Church of Rome after his visit to Italy, cited, 333; his pulpit denunciations of the ‘Remains,’ 210.
  • Fell, see Hammond and Fell.
  • Fellows and Fellowships, see Oriel College.
  • Fellowship dues of R. H. F., his disposal of, 161, 195, 198, 339.
  • “Feminine sternness” of the aspect of the great Mediæval Churchmen, R. H. F. on, 115.
  • Ferns, Bishop of, see O’Brien.
  • Ferrier, Susan Edmonstone, and her novel ‘Marriage,’ 91 & note.
  • Fillingham, Rev. R. C., and the Oxford Martyrs’ Memorial, his views as to its erection, 208 note.
  • Florence under Savonarola compared with Oxford, during the Tractarian activity, 155.
  • France, the “High Church” party of Republicans in, and their aims, 1833., R. H. F. on, 105.
  • Francia, Francesco, delight of R. H. F. in his paintings, 98.
  • Freedom, the divine prerogative of the Church, R. H. F.’s insistence on, 220.
  • French fishermen, the, off Devon coast, and their gratitude, 30.
    • people, Churton’s impressions of, in 1830., 104, R. H. F.’s growing appreciation of, ib.
  • Freeman, Prof. E., in the ‘Contemporary Review,’ on the ‘Life and Times of Thomas Becket’ by R. H. F., 363.
  • Froude or ffroud, of Walkhampton, grandfather of R. H. F., his wife, property, and descendants, 4.
  • Froude, Elizabeth, aunt of R. H. F., 4.
  • Froude, family, the, 4, artistic gifts of, 85, 90, 391, origin of their name, 34, their love of paradox, 256.
  • Froude, James Anthony, fifth son and youngest child of Archdeacon Froude, 6 note, 8, 9, historian, 357, essayist, 70, scholar and artist, 391, educated at Eton, R. H. F.’s letter on, and on himself, cited 6 note, at Oxford, his matriculation after R. H. F.’s death, 176.
    • funeral sermon preached by, on Rev. G. M. Coleridge, 5.
    • introduction of, to Carlyle, 3.
    • literary style of, compared with that of R. H. F., 219.
    • cited on Church practices at Dartington, 10, 11.
      • on the Archdeacon’s rectorial character, 360.
      • on R. H. F.’s instructions in case of disagreement between Keble and Newman, 55.
      • on R. H. F.’s ‘Life and Times of Thomas Becket,’ in controversy with Prof. Freeman, 363 et seq.
      • in ‘The Oxford Counter-Reformation’ on R. H. F.’s connection therewith, 358.
      • on R. H. F.’s possible eventual change of creed, 224.
  • Froude, John Spedding, third son of Archdeacon Froude, 9, 140, letter of R. H. F. to, from Malta, 85.
  • Froude, Margaret, aunt of R. H. F., 4.
  • Froude, Margaret, née Spedding, wife of Archdeacon Froude, and mother of R. H. F., 2.
    • almshouse erected in memory of, 10.
    • birthplace of, 60.
    • his gifts derived from, 2, 276, influence on him, 2, 12-14, her letter on his health and peculiar temperament, 6, 221, 266.
    • death of, 9.
    • references to her in his letters, 42, 44, 60.
  • Froude, Margaret, (Mallock), eldest daughter of the above, her marriage, husband, son and death, 9, 10 & note, family pet name for, 20.
  • Froude, Mary Isabella, (Bogue), third daughter of Archdeacon Froude, 9, her marriage and early death, 67, 189.
  • Froude, Phillis, widow of Robert ffroud, grandmother of R. H. F., conservatism of, at Denbury, 26 & note, death of, 194.
  • Froude, Phillis Jane, (Spedding), second daughter of Archdeacon Froude, 3, 9, pet diminutive for, at home, 20, marriage of, ill-health, early death of, and son, 3, 67, 162, 165, 175-6.
  • Froude, Rev. John, original of Blackmore’s “Păsson Chowne,” 11 & note.
  • Froude, Rev. Richard Hurrell, (referred to throughout this index as R. H. F.), eldest son of Archdeacon Froude, 2, 4, 9.
    • character and characteristics of, chiefly from his friend’s comments thereon, (see Part II. passim), 2, 4, 5, not to be discerned from his writings alone, 218.
    • as summed up by Mozley, Newman and others, 190-200, by Newman, 330, by Oakeley, 299 et seq.
    • celibate views of, 66.
    • charm, as felt by his intimates, 219, 222.
    • contrasted (with Keble and Newman) as to class of mind, with Rose, Palmer and Perceval, 334.
    • critical faculties of, inhibitive in his state of health, of original work, 155.
    • Dean Burgon on, 154.
    • his dread of the effects of society on himself, 129.
    • elliptical genius of, a parallel to, 182.
    • epithets applied to, by Miss H. Newman and others, 199 note, 243, 405.
    • exaggerated way of speech, and writing, its drawbacks, 214-6, 244-5, his defence of his way of talking, 323, his strong expressions, explained by his Editors, 387; Wiseman on, 341; his style, and its “irony,” 398.
    • great personal influence, 357.
    • habit of belying his own motives, an instance, 103-4.
    • the integrant strain in his character, 226.
    • “Irony” of, 349-50, 398.
    • “kindness and sweetness,” general testimony to, 198-9.
    • lack of insight into others’ minds, 246 & see 105.
    • lack of learning, 105, Dean Hook on his “learning,” 120 note.
    • the leading spirit with Keble and Newman, 227, his survival in the latter, 228.
    • his literary style, 252, and “little language,” its effect on the readers of the ‘Remains,’ 214-6; effects of his style on Newman’s, 215, reasons for its severity, 218 et seq.
    • love of boats and boating, 28.
    • love for nature, 63.
    • melancholy of, 252-3.
    • mental characteristics noted by Rogers, 319.
    • his mother on his character as a youth, 6, 221, 266.
    • not “doctrinally speculative,” 292-3.
    • his open and confiding nature, 5.
    • open-mindedness as a traveller, 105.
    • the poet and fascinator par excellence of the Froude family, his noble literary sacrifice, 219, true value of his work, 220.
    • points in him appealing specially to Roman Catholics, 228-9.
    • his private Prayers, 272.
    • possibility of his having become a separatist, 224-5.
    • rashness of, 120, 154.
    • his religious attitude, 212, 251, and austerity, 305, 350, 403 et seq., its effect on his life, 217, and on his literary style, 219.
    • resemblance of to Hamlet, 252, 324, to Henry Martyn, 241, 408, and to Pascal, 240.
    • his self-discipline, 12 et seq., 241, 255, 267, 311, 341, 346-9, 403.
    • his alleged spiritual progeny and their tendency towards “Rome,” 226.
    • his state of mental flux, indicated by Churton, 281.
    • his stern watch over the “little fox” of the tongue, 217.
    • his Toryism, 260, 361, 392.
    • traces of his ignorance of R. C. system shewn in the ‘Remains,’ 288.
    • his unceremonious ways with men and things, impersonal character of, 216-7.
    • events of his life, in order of date, birth of, and baptism, 4, early education, and portrait of by Brockedon 5 & note, Eton life of, 6; Oxford life of, begins, 9; his delicate health, ib.; his friendship with Keble, 10; reads with him at Southrop, 21; beginning of their correspondence, (v. Letters infra), 12, 23; his double Second Class at Oxford, etc., 24, 35-6; his tuition of his brother “Bob,” 25; his Greek and other studies, 27, 32, 41; criticisms on the ‘Christian Year’ (q.v.), 29, 31; his joke on his own name, 32, 36; his pleasure in Miss Elizabeth Smith’s writings, 33-4; the beginning of his friendship with Newman, 35; his Fellowship, 35, 356-7; his Tutorship, 48, its finale, 162; the fight of the Tutors of whom he is one, 36-7; tour in Cumberland, 43; reading of “good books,” 44; verses by, written in 1827., 45-6; (see Breviary); anxiety over “Bob,” 49, grief at his death, 51; action as to the Provostship, 50; his injunctions as to a possible disagreement between Keble and Newman, 55-6; he designs Churton’s memorial, 56; beginning of his intimate correspondence with Newman, (see letters infra), 57; prepares for ordination, visits the Speddings, 58, 60, goes to Glendalough, 59-60; his sermon on Knowledge, preached at S. Mary’s, Oxford, 61-2; end of his Lectures at Oxford, 62, 323; consequences, in the Oxford Movement, 63; suggested work with Newman at Littlemore, 63, and elsewhere, falls through, 68, literary plans and studies, parochial work at Denbury, 69, beginning of his chronic illness, 71-3, 74, 75, schemes of, for a Quarterly, 73; plans of his father for a foreign tour for, 74; his post as Junior Treasurer of Oriel, 74, 198, sketch of by Miss Giberne nominally made at this date (1832.), 75; the Mediterranean tour decided on, Newman invited to join, 77, the departure and progress of his journey, 78 et seq. 393, effect on his views, 396, events at Rome, 94, meeting with Severn, 96, the visit to Wiseman, (q.v.), 101, 103, health of R. H. F., 102, pleasure of in France and the French, 104, some poems of his period, 106-12; interest taken by, in W. Froude’s work, 112; at the Hadleigh Conference, 117, his indiscreet name for it, 154; a touch of mysticism, 121; his vocation, 122-3; his connection with the Tracts, 124-6; his departure for Barbados, 1833., 127, his post and life there, 131 et seq., goes on a Visitation, 134 et seq.; no benefit to his health, 143, 162; returns to England no better, 173, his appearance on arrival home, 174; illness and death of his sister Phillis, at Dartington, 176-7; the stone altar and other improvements by, at Dartington, 178-9, his last days and their activities, 179, 185-97, Newman’s last visit to, 184-5; unwise method of treatment pursued with, 193; disposal of the Fellowship dues, 161, 195, 339; his death, 197, 335, effect of the news of, at Oxford, 198, comments on of various friends, 198-200; the collection of his papers and their publication as his ‘Remains,’ see that head; lack of contemporary notices of his death, 202; centenary wreath placed on his grave, 1903., 202.
    • letters and correspondence of, ease and sympathy of his style in, 243.
      • to Christie, on his meeting with Wiseman and on the dictates of the Council of Trent, 100-3, 104; on marriage, 160; on Newman’s illness in Sicily, 117.
      • to Archdeacon Froude, from Barbados, 134, 140, 147.
      • to William Froude, from Rome, 99 et seq.; from France, 104; on his scientific work, 112; from Barbados, 138.
      • to Rev. Edward Hawkins, 50.
      • to Keble, sent and unsent, on his mental life, 12 et seq.; general topics, 22, 24, 25, 28; on the ‘Christian Year,’ 29, 30, on a book by Miss Elizabeth Smith, 33, 34; on some of his college acquaintances, 40; on his scruples, etc., 42, 44; on penance, 47; on his life at Oxford, 48; on New Year’s day 1828., 49; after “Bob” Froude’s death, 52; general, 54; on Newman as a “heretic,” 55; again on the ‘Christian Year,’ and on his Cumberland and other journeys, 58; on his lectures at Oxford, 61; on his health, 75; on his Mediterranean tour, 79, from Rome, 94, from Naples, 333, with poems, 106, 107; on the shining bushes at Dartington, 120; from Barbados, 131, do. on the Visitation journey, 136, on the Bishop of Barbados, 142, on his health, 143, general, 153; on the phrase “the Church teaches,” 170; after his return, on the same, 191.
      • to and from Newman, see under that head.
      • to Rogers, from Barbados, 15.
      • to Rev. R. I. Wilberforce from Barbados, 167-9.
    • publication of extracts from the letters suggested by Williams, 205.
    • in relation to the Oxford Movement, see Part II.
      • his place in it, 116-7, aims in forwarding, 119, bearing of his health thereon, 122, methods of “rousing,” 125, way of supporting, 161, 195, 198, 339; his “Basil-” like-ness, 165-6; the “perfect flower” of, 211; the “traveller” and the “wing and talon,” 222; the “poker,” of Newman, 354, and of Keble, 123; a “philosopher” of the Movement, 193; the “stimulator,” 353, 356, 402; one of the “leading triumvirate” in, 362; effect of his death thereon, 355.
    • his personal appearance, 5, 199 note, 243, 299, 405.
    • his poems, see Poems by R. H. F.
    • some of his views on.
      • Abolition of Slavery, 274, and on the Negroes of Barbados, 170, 274.
      • Absolution, 106.
      • the Altar, 149.
      • the Articles, 174.
      • Celibacy, 66, 310.
      • the Church, 250.
      • the Churches of England and Rome, see those heads.
      • clergy, status of, 118, 137, 150.
      • disestablishment, 114, 161, 261, 287, 291.
      • Eastward position, 244.
      • the Eucharist, 163-5, 220, 250, 251, 342.
      • Faith, 314-5.
      • Fasting, 12 et seq. and seeRemains’ Part II.
      • Freedom of the Church, 220.
      • God, 315.
      • Heber, 258.
      • Jurors, 258, and Nonjurors, 139, 160, 353.
      • Latimer, and his colleagues, see their names and Reformers.
      • Laud, 24, 392.
      • Mendicant Orders, 168.
      • Monasticism, 122, 181-2, 251.
      • Ordination, 4, and the Sacraments, 149.
      • Penance, 7.
      • the Prayer-Book, 170, 250.
      • Preaching, 133.
      • Private Judgment, 362.
      • Scotch Orders, 161.
      • Self-government, see that head.
      • Speech and its dangers, 217.
      • Tradition, see that head.
      • the Wesleyan system, 172.
    • his writings (see Life and Times of Becket, articles in the ‘British Critic,’ etc., Poems, Remains, Sermons, and Tracts), his character not to be discerned from, 218; unsuitability of his private writings for publication, 214 et seq.
  • Froude, Rev. Robert Hurrell, Rector of Dartington, and sometime incumbent of Denbury, Archdeacon of Totnes, father of R. H. F., his family and the derivation of its name, 3, his birth and parentage, 4, his marriage, 3, his many children, 4, his friend W. Brockedon, 5 & note, his death in 1859., 4 note.
    • his approval of R. H. F.’s sermon on the separation of Church and State, 121.
    • characterisation of, by R. H. F., 276.
    • contributions of, to the ‘Remains,’ 203, his satisfaction with the book, 209.
    • dedication of Newman’s Parochial Sermons offered to, 185.
    • his Denbury property (see also Denbury), 19 note.
    • and the disposal of R. H. F.’s Oxford belongings, 187, 198.
    • good resolutions of R. H. F., on behaviour towards, 15, 17.
    • and his laurels, 23.
    • letters of, to Sir J. D. Coleridge, on R. H. F.’s attitude to the Roman Catholic Church, 371 note.
    • letters to Newman, on the proposed Mediterranean journey, 74; on R. H. F.’s rashness, 129; on his failing health, 195, 196, last hours and death, 195.
    • letters from R. H. F., from Barbados, 134, 140, 147, 224 & note.
    • his rectorial character, J. A. Froude on, 11, 360.
    • Williams on, 322.
  • Froude, Robert Hurrell, (Bob), second son of Archdeacon Froude, 9, 31, 47, educated at Eton, ib., R. H. F.’s tuition of and consequent studies at Oxford, 25, his failing health, 49, and college tricks, 49, 50, death of, R. H. F.’s letters on, and on his fine character, 51, 52-3.
  • Froude, William, fourth son of Archdeacon Froude, afterwards the distinguished engineer, 9, 357, R. H. F.’s tuition of, 21, 54, Oxford life of, 54, 68, 77, degree taken by, 77-8, subsequent attainments of, 54, 357, 391; scientific work of at Oxford, 112, 175.
    • letters to, from R. H. F., (at Rome), on stained glass and on S. Peter’s, 99; on his scientific work, 112.
    • cited on Archdeacon Froude’s satisfaction with the ‘Remains,’ 209.
    • on sharing R. H. F.’s love of paradox, 256.
  • Fry, Mrs. Elizabeth, and her brother-in-law Sir T. Fowell Buxton, 139 note.