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Governor Of The Military Knights Of Windsor
The Military Knights of Windsor, originally the Alms Knights and informally the Poor Knights, are retired military officers who receive a pension and accommodation at Windsor Castle, and who provide support for the Order of the Garter and for the services of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. They are commanded by a senior retired officer as Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor. History The Alms Knights of St. George's Chapel were constituted by King Edward III following the Battle of Crécy (1346), when many knights captured by the French were forced to liquidate their estates to raise ransom money in order to secure their release. At the original establishment of the Order of the Garter and its chapel at Windsor (1348), veteran warriors were called to "serve God continually in prayer". In the statutes of the College of St. George's, a community of twenty-six bedesmen, called Alms Knights or Poor Knights, were appointed. Their duties included attending four services ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Downward
Major-General Sir Peter Aldcroft Downward (10 April 1924 – 18 October 2014) was a British Army officer. Military career Educated at King William's College, Downward was commissioned into the South Lancashire Regiment in 1943 and served in North West Europe during the Second World War.''Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010, He also took part in the Berlin Airlift in 1949 and later saw action in the Korean War. He became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion the Lancashire Regiment in 1966 and in that role was deployed to Aden during the Aden Emergency. He went on to be commander of the Berlin Infantry Brigade in 1971, commandant of the School of Infantry in 1974 and General Officer Commanding West Midlands District in 1976 before retiring in 1979. In 1953, he married Hilda Hinckley Wood; they had two sons. Following the death of his first wife, he married Mary Boykett Proctor (née Allwork). In retirement he was Lieutenant Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gillett
Major-General Sir Peter Bernard Gillett, (8 December 1913 – 4 July 1989) was a British Army officer. Military career Gillett was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 1 February 1934. After serving in the rank of captain in the Second World War, he became Commander, Royal Artillery for 3rd Infantry Division in December 1959, Chief of Staff at Eastern Command in December 1962 and General Officer Commanding 48th (South Midland) Division/District of the Territorial Army in April 1965. His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding West Midlands District in April 1967 before retiring in April 1968. In retirement he served as Secretary of the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood The Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, or simply the Central Chancery, is an office of the Lord Chamberlain's department within the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for the administration of orde ... from 1968 to 1979 and then as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Hakewill-Smith
Major General Sir Edmund Hakewill-Smith, (17 March 1896 – 15 April 1986) was a senior British Army officer who served in both the First and Second World Wars. Military career Hakewill-Smith was born in Kimberley, Cape Colony, on 17 March 1896. He was educated at the Diocesan College ("Bishops") in Rondebosch, Cape Town, and, during the First World War, he went to England to attend the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, where he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Royal Scots Fusiliers, a line infantry regiment of the British Army, on 16 June 1915. He served with the 2nd (Regular) Battalion of his regiment on the Western Front, where he was wounded twice and, during the final Hundred Days Offensive in the latter half of 1918, was awarded the Military Cross. The citation for the award read: After the war Hakewill-Smith remained in the army and served with the British Military Mission to South Russia in 1920. In 1921 he was aide-de-camp to Lawrence Dundas, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Kavanagh
Lieutenant General Sir Charles Toler MacMorrough Kavanagh, (25 March 1864 – 11 October 1950) was a British Army officer who commanded the Cavalry Corps during the First World War, most notably at the Battle of Amiens in 1918. Early life and military career Kavanagh was born in March 1864 in Borris, County Carlow, the son of Arthur MacMorrough Kavanagh, The MacMorrough and Mary Frances Forde-Leathley. He received his education at Harrow School before going on to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst in 1882, from where he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the 3rd Dragoon Guards of the British Army in February 1884, although he transferred to the 10th Hussars just two weeks later. In March 1889 he was seconded from his regiment and sent to Jamaica where he served for a time as aide-de-camp to the governor of Jamaica, Henry Arthur Blake. In 1890 he returned to the 10th Hussars to assume command of a troop and was promoted to captain in April 1891. In Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieutenant General (United Kingdom)
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen), formerly more commonly lieutenant-general, is a senior rank in the British Army and the Royal Marines. It is the equivalent of a multinational three-star rank; some British lieutenant generals sometimes wear three-star insignia, in addition to their standard insignia, when on multinational operations. Lieutenant general is a superior rank to Major-general (United Kingdom), major general, but subordinate to a General (United Kingdom), (full) general. The rank has a NATO rank code of OF-8, equivalent to a Vice-Admiral (Royal Navy), vice-admiral in the Royal Navy and an air marshal in the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the air forces of many Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth countries. The rank insignia for both the Army and the Royal Marines is a crown over a crossed sabre and baton. During the reign of Elizabeth II, the St Edward's Crown, commonly known as the Queen's Crown, was depicted. Before 1953, and again since the accession of Charles III in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who Was Who
''Who's Who'' is a reference work. It has been published annually in the form of a hardback book since 1849, and has been published online since 1999. It has also been published on CD-ROM. It lists, and gives information on, people from around the world who influence British life. Entries include notable figures from government, politics, academia, business, sport and the arts. ''Who's Who 2023'' is the 175th edition and includes more than 33,000 people. In 2004, the book was described as the United Kingdom's most prominent work of biographical reference. The book is the original ''Who's Who'' book and "the pioneer work of its type". The book is an origin of the expression "who's who" used in a wider sense. History ''Who's Who'' has been published since 1849."More about Who's Who" OUP. When book publisher A & C Black bought t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke Of Argyll
John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (6 August 1845 – 2 May 1914), known by the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known between 1847 and 1900, was a British nobleman who was Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883. He was the husband of Princess Louise, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. He was the first president of Rangers Football Club, thanks to his Argyll ties to the original founders of the football club. Background and career Campbell was born in London, the eldest son of George, Marquess of Lorne and the former Lady Elizabeth Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, daughter of the 2nd Duke of Sutherland, and was styled Earl of Campbell from birth. In 1847, when he was 21 months old, his father succeeded as 8th Duke of Argyll and he assumed the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, which he bore until he was 54. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy, Eton College, St Andrews and at Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as at the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helpston
Helpston (also, formerly, "Helpstone") is an English village in Cambridgeshire. Historically; it was formerly in the Soke of Peterborough in Northamptonshire, subsequently (1965–1974) in Huntingdon and Peterborough, then in Cambridgeshire. It is administered by the City of Peterborough unitary authority. The civil parish of Helpston covers an area of and had an estimated population in 2011 of 981. The parish church is dedicated to St Botolph; the chancel window was created by Francis Skeat and depicts " Christ in Majesty". The poet John Clare was born in Helpston in 1793 and is buried in the churchyard of St Botolph's. The thatched cottage where he was born was bought by the John Clare Trust in 2005. The John Clare Cottage, at 12 Woodgate, has been restored using traditional building methods and is open to the public. In 2013 the John Clare Trust received a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help preserve the building and provide educational activities for young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Fellowes
Edmund Horace Fellowes (11 November 1870 – 21 December 1951) was an English musicologist who became well known for his work in promoting the revival of sixteenth and seventeenth century English music. Outside of music, he was a Church of England clergyman. Life and work Fellowes was born in Paddington, London, on 11 November 1870, the fifth child of Horace Decimus Fellowes, assistant director of the Royal Army Clothing Depot, and his wife Louisa Emily, daughter of Edmund Packe, a captain in the Royal Horse Guards. Fellowes showed musical ability at an early age and in 1878 received an offer from Joseph Joachim to become his violin pupil; the offer was not taken up and Fellowes went to Winchester College. He studied as an undergraduate at Oriel College, Oxford, from 1889 to 1892, taking a fourth class in theology and becoming a Bachelor of Music and Master of Arts in 1896. Fellowes became an ordained deacon in 1894 and priest in 1895, and held a curacy in Wandsworth, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
