Leonard Francis Tyrwhitt

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Hon. Leonard Francis Tyrwhitt, MVO, MA (29 October 1863 - 7 July 1921) was a Canon of Windsor from 1910 to 1921[1]

Family[]

He was born in 1863, the seventh son of and Emma Harriett, Baroness Berners.

Career[]

He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge.

He was appointed:

  • Vicar of Fenton, Staffordshire 1897-1907.
  • Rector of Rolleston on Dove, Burton-on-Trent
  • Hon. Chaplain to Queen Victoria.[2]
  • Chaplain in ordinary to Queen Victoria and King Edward VII.[3]
  • Chaplain to the Forces 1914 - 1919

He was invested as a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in 1906.[4]

He was appointed to the eleventh stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1910, and held the stall until 1921.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
  2. ^ "No. 10841". The London Gazette. 18 December 1896. p. 1316.
  3. ^ "No. 27087". The London Gazette. 6 June 1899. p. 3587.
  4. ^ "No. 11830". The Edinburgh Gazette. 18 May 1906. p. 535.
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