Windsor Castle Windsor Castle, from above The Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle is in charge of Windsor Castle in England on behalf of the sovereign. The day-to-day operations are under the Superintendent , who is an officer of the Master of the Household's Department of the Royal Household .
The Constable receives no salary, but has a residence in the Castle. From 1833-1957, the office was mostly filled by a member of the Royal Family , but now it is held by a senior retired officer of the armed forces of the Crown . He is the representative of the Lord Chamberlain within the Castle. The Constable also has nominal 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 posts of Constable and Governor have been joined since 1660. A special uniform is prescribed for the Constable and Governor (similar to the full dress uniform of a General officer, but with scarlet collar and cuffs on a blue tunic rather than vice versa);[ 1]
There was a Deputy Constable and Lieutenant-Governor from 1833 to 1989. From 1964, he was also Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor until the office was abolished in 1989. At one time there was also a separate Constable of the Round Tower. From 1928 to 1935 this was held jointly with the post of Deputy Constable .
The following is a list, as complete as can be compiled from sources at present available, of the castellans, keepers and constables of Windsor Castle:
List of Constables and Governors of Windsor Castle [ edit ] Name From To Notes Walter FitzOther 1086 1100 William FitzWalter de Windsor (son)1100 c.1153 Richard de Luci 1153 1179 Hugh de Puiset 1190 1190 Earl of Northumberland and Bishop of Durham William de Longchamp 1191 (seized office) 1191 Bishop of Ely and Chancellor of England William d'Aubigny, 2nd Earl of Arundel 1191 1191 William de Longchamp 1191 (again seized office) 1191 Bishop of Ely and Chancellor of England Hubert Walter 1191 1193 Bishop of Salisbury then Archbishop of Canterbury Hubert de Burgh 1200 1200 John FitzHugh 1201 1204 Robert de Vipont 1204 1205 John FitzHugh 1205 1216 Engelard de Cigogné 1216 1223 Stephen Langton 1223 1224 Archbishop of Canterbury William de Rughedon 1224 1224 Osbert Giffard 1224 1224 Ralph Tirel 1224 1225 Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent 1226 1233 William de Millers 1228 Waleran Tyes 1231 Alan de Crepping 1231 Stephen de Segrave 1232 Henry de Passelewe 1233 Engelard de Cigogné 1234 Bernard of Savoy 1242 Pierre de Genève 1248 Maud de Lacy 1249 widow of Peter of Geneva Aymon Thurumbert 1257 1261 John de Sancta Elena 1261 1263 Sir Giles de Argentine 1263 Drew de Barentyne 1264 Geoffrey de Langley 1264 John FitzJohn 1264 John of London 1266 Ebulo de Montibus 1266 Nicholas de Yattendon 1269 Hugh de Dyne 1269 Geoffrey de Pickford 1272 John of London 1298 Roger le Sauvage 1305 1308 Robert de Haustede 1308 Warin de Lisle 1309 1319 Oliver de Bordeaux 1319 Ralph de Camoys, 3rd Baron Camoys 1319 1326 Thomas de Huntercombe 1326 1327 Also known as de Hodeng of Eton and Burnham John de Lisle 1327 Thomas Foxley 1328 1360 Also known as de Foxle; of Foxley Manor at Bray and Bramshill Castle Richard de la Vache 1360 Thomas Cheyne of Drayton Beauchamp 1365 Helming Legatte 1369 Sir Simon de Burley 1377 Thomas Tyle 1389 Sir Peter Courtenay 1390 Sir Hugh Waterton 1405 Sir John Stanley 1408 1413 John Wintershull 1413 deputy constable John Waterton 1414 1417 Master of the Horse Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset 1438 1455 Admiral William Nevill jointly with John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners 1455 Neville: Baron Fauconberg and Earl of Kent John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners jointly with his son Sir Humphrey Bourchier 1466 1471 John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners 1471 1474 Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford 1474 1477 Sir John Elrington 1483 1484 Thomas Windsor of Stanwell 1484 1485 Sir Thomas Bourchier 1485 Sir Thomas Bourchier jointly with Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney 1495 Sir Thomas Bourchier jointly with Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex 1511 Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter 1525 1539 Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester 1559 KG Charles Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham 1590 later 1st Earl of Nottingham George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham 1624 1628 Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland 1628 1648 Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke and 2nd Earl of Montgomery 1648 Colonel John Venn 1648 1653 Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke 1653 1657 Colonel Sir John Lenthall 1657 1660 John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt 1660 1668 HRH Prince Rupert of the Rhine 1668 1682 Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk 1682 1701 George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland 1701 1716 Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham 1716 1723 Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle 1723 1730 Charles Beauclerk, 2nd Duke of St Albans 1730 1751 George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu 1752 1790 James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan 1791 1811 Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington 1812 1829 Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham 1829 1832 Major General George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster 1833 1842 HRH Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex 1842 1843 HRH Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1843 1861 The Prince Consort Vice Admiral HSH Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 1867 1891 John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll 1892 1914 Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge 1914 1927 Reginald Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher 1928 1930 Major General Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone 4 Aug 1931 1957 Gazette Entry vacant 1957 18 Jun 1964 Gazette Entry Field Marshal William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim 18 Jun 1964 1970 Gazette Entry Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy 1971 11 Aug 1978 Gazette Entry Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Grandy 11 Aug 1978 9 Feb 1988 Gazette Entry Gazette Entry Admiral Sir David John Hallifax 9 Feb 1988 1992 Gazette Entry General Sir Patrick Palmer 1992 2000 Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Johns 2000 2008 Surgeon Vice-Admiral Ian L. Jenkins 1 Feb 2008 19 Feb 2009 Died in post Air Marshal Sir Ian Macfadyen 10 Aug 2009 2014 Court & Social [dead link Admiral Sir James Perowne 2014 2022 Lieutenant General Philip Jones 2022
List of Deputy Constables and Lieutenant-Governors of Windsor Castle [ edit ] Please note this list is incomplete.
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