Frederic Rogers, 1st Baron Blachford
He was born in London and educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford, where he had a brilliant career, winning the Craven University scholarship, and taking a double first-class in classics and mathematics.[1] At school and at Oxford he was a contemporary of William Ewart Gladstone, and at Oxford, he began a lifelong friendship with J. H. Newman and R. W. Church; his classical and literary tastes, and his combination of liberalism in politics with High Church views in religion, together with his good social position and interesting character, made him an admired member of their circles.[1] From 1841 to 1844 he wrote for The Times, and he helped to found The Guardian in 1846; he also did a good deal to assist the Tractarian movement.Sir Frederic Rogers was the guiding spirit of the Colonial Office under six successive secretaries of state.[3] On his retirement in 1871, he was raised to the Peerage as Baron Blachford, of Wisdome in the County of Devon,[4] a title taken from his country home.
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