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.
Finding support from Lord Romilly, Master of the Rolls and in legal and academic circles, but facing little enthusiasm among politicians for a confrontation with the militancy of anti-Catholics, he felt compelled to resign in 1861.