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Richard Sleech (died 2 March 1730) was a
Canon of Windsor The Dean and Canons of Windsor are the ecclesiastical body of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Foundation The college of canons was established in 1348 by Letters Patent of King Edward III. It was formally constituted on the feast of ...
from 1722 to 1730.


Life

Richard Sleech was the son of Edward Sleech, organist of Eton College. He was educated at Eton and at King's College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1698, MA in 1701, DD in 1720. He was a Fellow of King's from 1697. He was appointed: *Assistant Master and Fellow of Eton College 1715 *Rector of Hitcham 1702 - 1730 *Chaplain to the
Bishop of Ely The Bishop of Ely is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Ely in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese roughly covers the county of Cambridgeshire (with the exception of the Soke of Peterborough), together with a section of nort ...
1721 *Rector of Farnham Royal 1721 - 1730 He was appointed to the sixth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1722 and held this until he died in 1730. He was buried in the chapel at Windsor on 4 March 1730.


Family

Sleech's children included: *
Stephen Sleech Stephen Sleech was an 18th-century Honorary Chaplain to the King who was Provost of Eton College from 1746 until his death. The son of Richard Sleech, a canon of St George's Chapel, Windsor, he was educated at Eton and King's; and was awarded ...
, Provost of Eton and royal chaplain *
John Sleech John Sleech was the Archdeacon of Cornwall The Archdeacon of Cornwall is a senior cleric in the Church of England Diocese of Truro. History and composition The archdeaconry of Cornwall was created in the Diocese of Exeter in the late 11th cent ...
, Archdeacon of Cornwall * Henry Sleech, Assistant Master at Eton * Lucy Sleech, married
Stephen Weston Stephen Weston (1665–1742) was an English bishop and educator. Life He was born at Farnborough. He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, where he was admitted in 1683, graduated B.A. in 1687, M.A. in 1690, and became a ...
, Bishop of Exeter * Anne Sleech, married Charles Hawtrey, Sub-Dean of Exeter


Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sleech, Richard 1730 deaths Canons of Windsor Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Burials at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle People educated at Eton College Fellows of Eton College Year of birth missing