Temperley, Harold William Vazeille (1751–1834)

English historian, and master of Peterhouse, Cambridge.

He edited the History of the Peace Conference of Paris 1920–24, and was recognized as one of the leading modern historians for his work on the Foreign Policy of Canning 1925. He also collaborated in the production of the Cambridge Modern History. With G P Gooch he was given the task of editing the British documents relating to the origins of World War I, which were produced in 11 volumes, 1926–38, as British Documents on the Origins of the War. From 1931, he was professor of modern history in the University of Cambridge, and from 1938 until his death he was master of Peterhouse, Cambridge.

He was born in Cambridge and educated at Sherborne School and at King's College and Peterhouse, Cambridge. He became a fellow of Peterhouse in 1904.