[1] He then studied at Pembroke College, Oxford, obtaining a third-class degree in literae humaniores (classics) in 1867.
He did not formally study for ordination, but spent a further year in Oxford reading before being ordained deacon in 1868 and priest in 1869.
[2] In 1890, he succeeded Liddon as a canon of St Paul's Cathedral;[4] he remained there until his death on 12 September 1930 in London.
He was a noted preacher and took great care of the spiritual welfare of fellow clergy, publishing a number of books of advice, as well as his memoirs (Years That Are Past, 1921).
[2] His youngest daughter, Sophia Menella Newbolt, married the Scottish organist Charles Macpherson.