Thomas Arnold was an educator who, as headmaster of Rugby School, had much influence on public school education in England. He was the father of the poet and critic Matthew Arnold.
Soon after arriving in Hobart, he fell in love with and married Julia Sorell, granddaughter of former Governor William Sorell. [1 ] They had nine children (four of whom died young), among them: Ethel, who was a suffragist and child model…