as chairman of the Oxford branch of the English Church Union until 1866, secretary of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa, a founder of the Church of Sts Philip and James in North Oxford, president of the Church Schools Managers and Teachers Association, and a member of the group that founded Keble College, Oxford. He contributed often to the Church and State Review, The Churchman, and The Guardian. Burrows was chairman of the school of modern history from 1889 to 1893. Due to increasing deafness, he retired from active lecturing in 1900, but remained active in Oxford faculty, city, and church affairs. Personal life Burrows married Mary Anna, third daughter of Sir James Whalley Smythe Gardiner, 3rd Baronet, of Roche Court, Fareham, on 13 September 1849. They had three sons: Edward Henry (b.1851), Stephen Montagu (b.1856) and Alfred (b.1860). Death Burrows died on 10 July 1905 in Oxford, aged 85. He was given a university funeral with the distinction of having his naval sword displayed on his coffin, while naval flags at Portsmouth were dipped for a Fellow of All Souls. Charles Oman, who had been appointed Deputy Chichele Professor of Modern History in 1900, was elected Burrows' successor in the Chair in December 1905. Published works Pitcairn's Island: a Lecture (1853) Pass and Class, an Oxford Guide-Book through the Courses of Literæ Humaniores [&c.] (1860, 1866) The Manchester Church Congress and its Probable Results: a Lecture (1863) The Relations of Church and State Historically Considered: 2 Lectures (1866) Memoir of Admiral Sir Henry Ducie Chads, by an Old Follower (M.B.) (1869) Constitutional Progress, 7 lectures (1869) Worthies of All Souls: Four Centuries of English History illustrated from the College Archives (1874) Parliament and the Church of England (1874) History of the Family of Burrows of Sydenham and Long Crendon (1877) Imperial England (1880) The Register of the Visitors of the University of Oxford, from ... 1647 to ... 1658, with some account of the state of the University during the Commonwealth (1881) Wiclif's Place in History: 3 lectures (1882) History of the Families of Larcom, Hollis, and McKinley (1883) The Life of Edward, Lord Hawke (1883, 1886, 1904) Cinque Ports (1888) Antiquarianism and History: a Lecture (1895) The Family of Brocas of Beaurepaire and Roche court (1886) The Publication of the Gascon Rolls by the British and French Governments: a Paper (1892) Commentaries on the History of England ...