1. Francis Jeune, known as Francois Jeune, was a Jersey-born clergyman, schoolmaster, and academic who served as Dean of Jersey Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, and Bishop of Peterborough.
10 Facts About Francis Jeune
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In 1832 Francis Jeune travelled to Canada as secretary to Sir John Colborne, the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, and as tutor to Colborne's sons.
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Francis Jeune was Chief Master of King Edward's School, Birmingham from 1835 to 1838, rebuilding the school buildings and reforming the curriculum.
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Since 1951 Francis Jeune House has been named after him, competing in the school's annual Cock House Championship.
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In 1838 Francis Jeune was appointed Dean of Jersey and Rector of the Parish Church of St Helier.
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Francis Jeune participated actively in the founding of Victoria College, Jersey.
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Francis Jeune returned to Oxford as Master of Pembroke College in 1844.
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Francis Jeune was instrumental in academic reforms at Oxford, and from 1850 served on the seven-man Royal Committee of Inquiry into the state of Oxford and its colleges, the committee's report leading to the reforming Oxford University Act 1854.
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Francis Jeune was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1858 to 1862.
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Francis Jeune was consecrated as bishop on St Peter's Day 1864, by Charles Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury at Canterbury Cathedral.