The Military Knights of Windsor, originally the Alms Knights and informally the Poor Knights, are retired military officers who receive a pension and accommodation...
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knights objected to being termed "poor", King William IV redesignated them in the 19th century as the Military Knights of Windsor. The poor knights were...
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charge of its garrison, including the Windsor Castle Guard of the Foot Guards of the Household Division, as well as of the Military Knights of Windsor. The...
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1129–1312 The Poor Knights of Windsor, or Military Knights of Windsor, military pensioners in the UK, ~1346–present The Poor Knights of Christ, Militia Templi...
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during which the Military Knights of Windsor carry the banner of the deceased member and offer it to the Dean of Windsor, who places it on the altar...
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Royal, the Page of Honour, Military Knights of Windsor, Royal Maundy, the Royal Victorian Order, grace and favour apartments, and the Duchy of Lancaster. These...
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before amalgamation. The Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, the Military Knights of Windsor and the Yeoman of the Guard, are ceremonial units known as...
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James Holman (category Military Knights of Windsor)
of the fact that his condition was duty-related, he was in 1812 appointed to the Naval Knights of Windsor, with a lifetime grant of care in Windsor Castle...
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Peter Pearson (British Army officer) (category Companions of the Order of the Bath)
of London on 4 May 2010. In 2012 Pearson was made Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor. Pearson is married to Francesca. Together they have two sons...
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Richard Stanley Hawks Moody (category Military Knights of Windsor)
and Military Knight of Windsor. He was the eldest son of Major-General Richard Clement Moody, Kt. (who was the founder of British Columbia) and of Mary...
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Michael Hobbs (British Army officer) (category Military Knights of Windsor)
British Army who was later a charity director and Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor. Educated at Eton College, Hobbs was commissioned into the...
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Edward VIII (redirect from Edward, Duke of Windsor)
later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936...
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Hugh Johnys (redirect from Hugh Johnys of Llandimore)
appointed Johnys as one of the Poor Knights of Windsor; it is supposed that Maud had died by this time. He then resided mainly in Windsor until the early 1480s...
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Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor (Wyndsore, Wyndesor) KB (1467–1543), was a Member of Parliament, English peer, and Keeper of the Wardrobe, knight banneret...
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Epaulette (category Military life)
only the officers of the Yeomen of the Guard, the Military Knights of Windsor, the Elder Brethren of Trinity House and the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports...
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Brian Turner Tom Lawrence (category Military Knights of Windsor)
Great Britain in eventing. He did not finish the Individual eventing (Military) competition, also the British team did not finish the team event. The...
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Windsor Davies (28 August 1930 – 17 January 2019) was a British actor. He is best remembered for playing Battery Sergeant Major Williams in the sitcom...
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Edmund Hakewill-Smith (category Military Knights of Windsor)
served at Windsor Castle as a Military Knight of Windsor, later being appointed Lieutenant Governor of the castle (1964–1972) and was created a Knight Commander...
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Bicorne (category Military uniforms)
wearing a bicorne at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, 2006. Military Knights of Windsor wearing cocked hats, 2006. Light Cavalry, Honourable Artillery...
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Francis Cornwallis Maude (category Military Knights of Windsor)
in 1893, and published his Memories of the Mutiny in 1894. In 1895 Maude was appointed a Military Knight of Windsor by Queen Victoria, a body reserved...
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Steps leading down into Windsor town, rebuilding the Garter, Curfew and Salisbury towers, the houses of the Military Knights and creating a new Guardhouse...
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James FitzGibbon (category Military Knights of Windsor)
sons and a daughter. In 1850 he was appointed a Military Knight of Windsor through the influence of Lord Seaton. There, FitzGibbon lived on a small allowance...
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Labour Corps (British Army) (category Military units and formations established in 1917)
George's Chapel and Military Knights of Windsor', Reference No.:SGC M.1042, College of St. George, Windsor Castle". Dean and Canons of Windsor. 1930. "No. 30183"...
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The King's (The Cathedral) School (category Church of England secondary schools in the Diocese of Peterborough)
Christopher Massey 1818-1820 Cpt. Thomas Fernyhough, later Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor. He was the first person to be buried in the catacombs beneath...
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Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, Yeomen of the Guard and Royal Company of Archers, plus the Yeomen Warders of the Tower of London, the Military Knights of Windsor...
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George Wathen (actor) (category Military Knights of Windsor)
military career, together with his fame as an actor and stage manager, enabled him to receive an appointment in 1841 as a Military Knight of Windsor (i...
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The privileged bodies of the United Kingdom are those institutions and corporations which enjoy the historic right to present an address to the British...
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Bishop of Winchester (ex officio, 2023) Chancellor: The Baroness Manningham-Buller LG, DCB (2024) Register: Dr Christopher Cocksworth, Dean of Windsor (ex...
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John Milley Doyle (category Military Knights of Windsor)
a Military Knight of Windsor and as a sergeant-at-arms to Queen Victoria. Doyle died at Windsor Castle on 9 August 1856 and was buried with military honours...
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of Governors of the United States Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor, an office of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom...
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