and Tudeley After leaving Cambridge, he worked for a year in Wakefield. His sister Mary Langhorne died on 17 January 1863 aged 24. In 1873 his other sister Jane married Christopher Bateson Maudsley (sic), brother of the founder of the Maudesley hospital. Tonbridge School From 1860 to 1877 he was a classics master and housemaster at Tonbridge School, Kent. The following poem was written about John Langhorne by W.O.Hughes-Hughes (probably whilst a student at Tonbridge School): Ego sum Johannes Ursus Et te puniam si ursus facis tumultum Gravis puer! num silebis? Immo vero non-sedebis Si me provocabis multum. Langhorne was often referred to as "the Bear" (Ursus in Latin). The piece is written from the teacher's perspective: I am John the Bear and I will punish you if you are you are a bear that makest turmoil Unpleasant boy! Will not be silent? To the contrary you shall not sit down if you provoke me greatly. The following account of his time at Tonbridge School comes from the "Hill Side Letter", the journal of his House at Tonbridge School. By 1866 he had moved to Bordyke. At this time "it was necessary for him to advertise for pupils and a contemporary leaflet shows him charging 40-50 guineas for 'house, board and washing'”. The "Hill Side Letter" states that he was known at Tonbridge as "Fling". It quotes the following poem composed by an erstwhile student: "There in the fifth form room, well skilled to swear The mighty Langhorne teaches from his chair A man serene he is and stern to view Satirically inclined and witty too Well have the fellows earned the rows to trace When in the morn they look upon his face But of the will a hearty laugh provoke By witty sayings or a harmless joke" (1870) In October 1877 he left to take up his new position at Kings, Rochester. Around this time a contemporary student quoted in the "Hill Side Letter" described John Langhorne thus: King's School, Rochester In about 1877 John Langhorne became Headmaster at Kings School, Rochester. The following announcement was made in The Guardian newspaper on 7 April 1893: "The Dean and Canons of Rochester Cathedral have now at their disposal the headmastership of Rochester Cathedral Grammar School, vacant by the resignation of John Langhorne". Lamberhurst and retirement He left Rochester in 1893 to become vicar of Lamberhurst and remained there until