Editing Hertford College, Oxford (section)

=== Decline and dissolution{{anchor|Transfer of Stock of Hertford College Act 1816}} ===
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| short_title           = Transfer of Stock of Hertford College Act 1816
| type                  = Act
| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An Act to authorize such Person as His Majesty shall appoint to transfer a certain Sum in Three Pounds per Cent. Reduced Annuities, now standing in the Name of the dissolved College of Hertford, in the University of Oxford; and also to receive Dividends due upon such Annuities.
| year                  = 1816
| citation              = [[56 Geo. 3]]. c. 95
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| royal_assent          = 26 June 1816
| commencement          = 26 June 1816
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| repeal_date           = 5 August 1873
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| repealing_legislation = [[Statute Law Revision Act 1873]]
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After Richard Newton's death in 1753, the principalship of the college fell to a succession of men mostly lacking the desire or energy to continue their predecessor's plan. One exception to this succession was [[David Durell]], who built up the reputation and academic success of the college. Under Durell, the future statesman [[Charles James Fox]] matriculated in 1764 (Hertford, unusually for Oxford, was a [[Whig (British political party)|Whig]] college). However, the scheme of four tutors in their respective angles was reduced to two, and cheaper junior fellows took over some of the burden of tutoring. It was at Hertford that the tutor [[Benjamin Blayney]] prepared his 1769 ''Standard Edition'' of the [[Authorized King James Version]] of the Bible. Apart from Durell's principalship, the college went into decline due to the mismanagement of uninterested principals and the lack of decent endowments. In May 1805, Bernard Hodgson, last principal of Hertford College died, and no suitable successor could be found and agreed upon. By 1810, matriculation had ceased, and the last students were awarded their degrees. The last tutor and vice-principal, Richard Hewitt, continued to live in his rooms without students until May 1816, when a commission declared Hertford College dissolved.<ref name=Hamilton />{{rp|pp. 84–96}}