16 Facts About Kegan Paul

Charles Kegan Paul was an English clergyman, publisher and author.

Kegan Paul began his adult life as a clergyman of the Church of England, and served the Church for more than 20 years.

Kegan Paul was educated at Eton College where he entered Dr Hawtrey's house in 1841, at 13 years of age.

Kegan Paul was ordained a priest in 1852, and served as curate of Bloxham, near Banbury, Oxfordshire for six months.

Kegan Paul served as the Master in College, the housemaster of College, the oldest boarding house at Eton, which holds seventy King's Scholars.

Kegan Paul had not been a King's Scholar himself because although a nomination could be obtained without difficulty, College was at it lowest ebb, in comfort, morals, and number.

Kegan Paul's aunt made a visit to Eton to check out the school before he was sent and reported that the worst ward in the worst hospital was preferable to Long Chamber, the dormitory for College.

Kegan Paul left teaching in Eton in 1862 and was appointed vicar to Sturminster Marshall, Dorset, a living in the gift of Eton.

Kegan Paul associated with Joseph Arch's movement on behalf of agricultural labourers in Dorset.

Redway and Kegan Paul lost the confidence of the shareholders and were effectively forced out.

Kegan Paul retired, having been badly injured in an accident some months earlier.

Kegan Paul wrote that although he had been a pretty frequent writer in periodicals and of pamphlets and prefaces, these could be ignored in his bibliography as he had collected in books all that are worth preserving.

Kegan Paul married Margaret Agnes Colville, daughter of Andrew Colville, businessman and administrator.

Kegan Paul's siblings included James William Colvile, a judge in colonial India; Eden Colvile, Governor of Rupert's Land and the Hudson's Bay Company; Isabella Colville, mother of football pioneer Francis Marindin; and Georgiana Mary, Baroness Blatchford.

Kegan Paul was living at 9 Avonmore Road, West Kensington, London when he died on 19 July 1902.

Kegan Paul's portrait had been painted by Anna Lea Merritt and was in the possession of his daughter in 1912.