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As Headmaster of Westminster Liddell enjoyed a period of great success, followed by trouble due to the outbreak of fever and cholera in the school.

In 1855 he accepted the deanery of Christ Church, Oxford.

In the same year he brought out his History of Ancient Rome and took a very active part in the first Oxford University Commission.

His tall figure, fine presence and aristocratic mien were for many years associated with all that was characteristic of Oxford life.

Coming just at the transition period when the " old Christ Church ," which Pusey strove so hard to preserve, was inevitably becoming broader and more liberal, it was chiefly due to Liddell that necessary changes were effected with the minimum of friction.

In 1859 Liddell welcomed the then Prince of Wales when he matriculated at Christ Church, being the first holder of that title who had matriculated since Henry V. While he was Dean of Christ Church, he arranged for the building of a new choir school and classrooms for the staff and pupils of Christ Church Cathedral School on its present site.

Before then the school was housed within Christ Church itself.