Finding support from Lord Romilly, Master of the Rolls and in legal and academic circles, but encountering also little appetite among politicians for a confrontation with the militancy of anti-Catholics, he felt compelled to resign in 1861.
In 1861, with support from Lord Romilly, the Master of the Rolls, and within legal and academic circles, yet lacking political backing for addressing the militancy of anti-Catholics, he was forced to resign.