He became a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1903, and edited the History of Northumberland (volumes 8 to 10) between 1904 and 1914.
He was appointed Sub-Librarian of the Bodleian Library in 1912, also serving as Keeper of Western Manuscripts from 1927, until 1931 when he became Bodley's Librarian.
[2] He left in 1945, the year in which he received his knighthood,[3] and became the Librarian of All Souls in 1946.
His writings included Speeches on Foreign Policy by Lord Halifax in 1940 and a History of the Bodleian Library 1845–1945 in 1952.
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