Sidney Leslie Ollard (1875 – 28 February 1949) was a British

Anglican priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deity, deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in parti ...

, who served as a Canon of Windsor from 1936 to 1948.''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

Biography

Born in 1875, he was educated at

St John's College, Oxford St John's College is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded as a men's college in 1555, it has been coeducational since 1979.Communication from Michael Riordan, college archivist Its foun ...

and graduated BA in 1896, MA in 1899 and D.Litt. in 1947. He died on 28 February 1949. He was appointed: *Assistant curate, Holy Trinity, Hastings 1899 - 1902 *Christ Church (Oxford) Mission, Poplar 1902 - 1903 *Vice-Principal of

St Edmund Hall, Oxford St Edmund Hall (also known as The Hall and Teddy Hall) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. The college claims to be "the oldest surviving academic society to house and educate undergraduates in any university" and was the las ...

1903 - 1913 *Rector of Dunsfold 1914 - 1915 *Rector of Bainton, Yorkshire 1915 - 1936 *Hon. Canon of

Worcester Cathedral Worcester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and Blessed Mary the Virgin, is a Church of England cathedral in Worcester, England, Worcester, England. The cathedral is the seat of the bishop of Worcester and is the Mother Church# ...

1912 - 1935 *Prebendary of Wetwang in York Minster 1935 - 1936 He was appointed to the eleventh stall in

St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle St George's Chapel, formally titled The King's Free Chapel of the College of St George, Windsor Castle, at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is a Royal peculiar, Royal Peculia ...

in 1936, and held the stall until 1948. From its inception in 1939, he was the editor of the

Historical monographs relating to St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle The historical monographs relating to St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle are a series of scholarly publications supported by the Dean and Canons of Windsor. Much of the scholarship is based on the material held in the archives at St. George’s C ...

References

Canons of Windsor Alumni of St John's College, Oxford 1875 births 1949 deaths {{UK-Christian-clergy-stub