Surname: Doyle Forename(s): Francis Hastings Charles b. 21 August 1810. d. 8 June 1888. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, civil servant, and professor. Pseudonym: “F. H. D.” Alternative signature: “F.
H. Doyle.” Educated at Christ Church, Oxford. Elected a Fellow of All Souls in 1835.
Called to the bar on 17 November 1837. Succeeded to the baronetcy on 6 November 1839.
Married Sydney Wynn on 12 December 1844. Professor of Poetry at Oxford from 1867 to
1877. Poetry volumes include Miscellaneous Verses (1834), and The Return of the Guards (1866). Biographical information: ODNB. (KF, JS)