Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor

Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor is an office of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom which dates from the mid-sixteenth century. From 1905 he has been controlled by the Constable of Windsor Castle, having formerly been responsible to the Dean of Windsor. Since 1906 the Governor has always been a senior retired officer.[1]

The Governor has charge of the Military Knights of Windsor.

List of Governors of the Military Knights of Windsor

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to 1771: Sir William Wittewronge
c.1820: Colonel Thomas Bassett
1842: Captain John Jonstone Cumming [2]
1843: Major Charles Moore
1867: Major Sir John Paul Hopkins
1892: His Grace the Duke of Argyll, KT GCMG GCVO PC 1892-1906
1906: Major-General Edward Henry Courtney[3]
1913: Major-General Carteret Walter Carey[4]
1932: Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Kavanagh, KCB KCMG CVO DSO
1951: Major-General Sir Edmund Hakewill-Smith, KCVO CB CBE MC
1978: Major-General Sir Peter Gillett, KCVO CB CBE
1989: Major-General Sir Peter Downward, KCVO CB DSO DFC
2000: Major-General Sir Michael Hobbs, KCVO CBE
2012: Lieutenant-General Peter Pearson CB CBE[5]

References

  1. ↑ The Military Knights of Windsor, 1352-1944. Historical monographs relating to St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Volume 4. Edmund Fellowes (1944)
  2. ↑ The Windsor and Eton Express 15th January 1842
  3. ↑ "COURTNEY, Major General Edward Henry", Who Was Who
  4. ↑ "CAREY, Maj.-Gen. Carteret Walter", Who Was Who
  5. ↑ "Community News" (PDF). The Companion. p. 17. Retrieved 23 July 2014.


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