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(1808–92). B. Totteridge, Hertfordshire, Eng.; educ. Oxford; ordained Angl. 1832; Tractarian; archdeacon Chichester; RC 1851 in reaction against the Privy Council judgment against G. C. Gorham*; priest 1851; ultramontanist; abp. Westminster 1865; advocated doctrine of papal infallibility* 1870; cardinal 1875; active in educ., soc., charitable work. Works include The Rights and Dignity of Labour; The Eternal Priesthood; Sin and Its Consequences. See also Metaphysical Society, The; Tractarianism; Ultramontanism.