Sentence:  Sir Farquhar Buzzard on being appointed <WSD>Regius Professor</WSD> of Medicine in 1929 did not wish to occupy the house, and it was let by Christ Church successively to two tenants, first Miss H. L. Hurlston and later a Miss Fairburn. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Part of the title of a regius professor.