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is a m usic gallery, with organ, and, beneath, a chair
of state ; the banners and arms of th e original com ­
panionship of the K nights of the Most Noble Order of
the G arter, as founded by K in g Edward III. in 1344,
consisting of 26 banners, viz. those of Edward III. the
Black Prince and the 24 original knights, have been
hung along the top of each wall, ju st beneath the
richly-decorated ceiling, and greatly add to the beauty
of the interior of this m agnificent apartment.
The
prelate of the Most Noble Order of the Garter is the
Bishop of W inchester, the Bishop of Oxford being the
Chancellor, and the Dean of Windsor, registrar. The
K in g’ s closet and the Queen’s closet, to which the public
are sometim es adm itted, contain fine pictures by the old
m asters, and the Council chamber, Rubens room and
Throne room are occasionally shown.
The private
apartm ents are separated from the State apartments
by the Grand corridor, in which is a group in Carrara
m arble, by Mr. Theed, representing Her late M ajesty
Queen V ictoria and the Prince Consort in the Saxon
costum e of the ninth century ; this corridor is of
immense length, extending round two sides of the Castle
for 520 feet, and is crowded with magnificent cabinets
and old Oriental work, all of rare workmanship, and
containing an unequalled collection of Chelsea, Oriental
and Sèvres china ; choice examples of Canaletto, Romney, Reynolds and Gainsborough line the walls, and
other spaces are filled w ith faultless bronzes and superb
Oriental vases ; in the north coridor is a fine collection
of Sèvres, Tournay and Chelsea china ; into the main
corridor open the W hite Drawing room, decorated in
the style of Louis X V I. and the Green Drawing room,
lined with green satin and containing the famous service
of Sèvres made for Louis X V I. ; other grand pieces are
distributed about the room, the ceramic contents of
which are estim ated at ¿200,000 ; the Royal Dining
room is a plain apartm ent containing a wine cooler of
silver gilt, several feet long and designed by Flaxman.
The Rubens room has fine specimens of the Great
Flem ish m aster. The Throne room is used for installa­
tions of K nights of the G arter, and is decorated with
cognisances of th at order. In the Oak room is a portrait
of the late Queen Victoria, by the Baron Von Angeli.
The Royal Mews, the entrance to which is on the south
side of Castle H ill, was built by Queen Victoria between
1839 and 1842; the stables and other buildings cover a
space of about 4 acres, w ith a stud of about 90 horses,
and there is a riding school 165 feet long and 51 feet
wide.
St. George’s collegiate chapel, begun by Edward IV.
and completed by Henry V III. is a fine example of the
Perpendicular style, and consists of choir with aisles,
nave, aisles and various side chapels ; the nave is of
seven bays and has a vaulted roof ricblv traceried, and
adorned with the arms of garter knights and the “ rose
en soleil,” the favourite device of Edward IV. ; all the
windows are filled with stained glass, the great west
window being filled with glass collected from various
parts of the chapel by Canon Lockm an ; at the west
end of the south aisle is the Beaufort chapel, containing
an altar tomb, with effigy of th e founder, Charles
Som erset, Earl of W orcester, ob. 1526, and his lad y;
and a splendid monument to Henry, first Duke of Beau­
fort, ob. 1699 ; in the same chapel lies Henry Marquis
of Worcester, ob. 1646.
Im m ediately opposite the
chapel and between the first two western piers, is the
elaborate altar tomb, with recum bent effigy, erected by
Queen Victoria to her father H .R.H. the Duke of Kent,
designed by the late Sir G. G. Scott R .A. and executed
by the late Sir Edgar Boehm bart. R.A. A t the north­
w est angle is the Urswick chapel, so named from Dr.
Christopher Urswick, dean of Windsor, who died in
1521 and is here buried; in this chapel is the wellknown and striking cenotaph of the Princess Charlotte,
by W yatt, and on the wall of the north aisle is a
m em orial to George V. late K in g of Hanover, who died
12th June, 1878; in the south aisle lies buried Charles
Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, ob. 1545 ; here is a memorial
statue to the late Emperor Frederick of Germany,
erected by Her late M ajesty; and also the Bray and
Rutland chapels ; the former was founded by Sir
Reginald Bray kt. yvho died in 1502 and was interred
here : the chapel is separated from the aisle by a
beautiful screen bearing his arms and crest and in­
closing in particular the cenotaph erected by Queen
Victoria to the late Prince Im perial of France, killed
in Zululand, June 1,, 1879 ; this consists of a panelled
altar tomb supporting a recumbent figure of the Prince
in the uniform he wore in A frica, his head resting on
a cushion powdered with bees, and his feet upon a
helm et, the whole in white m arble by the late Sir J. E.
Boehm bari. R.A. ; here also are memorials to Giles

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Thompson, Bishop of Gloucester, ob. 1612; Ralph
Brideoake, Bishop of Chichester, ob. 1678; Sir Richard
Wortlev kt. ob. 25th July, 1603; John Douglas D.D.
B ish o p 'o f Salisbury, d. 1807; Daniel W aterland D.D.
an eminent divine and sometime Canon of Windsor,
d. 1740, and others.
The Rutland chapel was founded by Sir Thomas
Sellvnger (St. Leger) for the interment of his wife
Anne Duchess of Exeter, sister of Edward IV. who died
in 1475* and on the north wall is a plate of gilt copper,
engraved with figures of the founder and his wife in
heraldic dresses ; here are also brasses to Robert
Honywode LL.D . canon of Windsor, ob. 1522, and to
John Robyns S.T.P. also a canon, ob. 1558, with 16
verses, and various other memorials. The choir, also
of seven bays, is a magnificent architectural effort, the
superb effect of which is rendered still more rich and
imposing by the banners, helm ets and insignia sus­
pended over the stalls of the K nights of the Garter,
the backs of which are lined with g ilt plates recording
the style and titles of past and present kn igh ts; on
the pedestals of the knights’ stalls the life of Our
Saviour is represented in carved work, and on those
of the Royal Fam ily the deeds of St. George. The
Sovereign’s stall, placed im m ediately 011 the righ t of
the entrance, glow's with purple and gold. On the
north side of the choir, near the altar, are carvings
illustrating the attem pt of M argaret Nicholson to
assassinate George III., the thanksgiving by that king
at St. Paul’s in 1789, and the charity school of Queen
Charlotte. The windows on either side are filled with
the blazonry of the Sovereign and K nights Companions
of the G arter : the east window, replacing one con­
taining a representation, by Sir Benjamin W est, of
“ The Resurrection,” was presented in 1863, by the
Dean and Canons, as a memorial to the Prince Con­
sort; beneath it is a beautifully sculptured reredos
of alabaster, representing “ The Ascension.” In 1899
a stained window was placed here, containing the arms,
richly emblazoned, of the following twelve knights of
the G arter: Rudolph, Prince of A u stria ; Henry, Prince
of Bnttenberg; Charles, K in g of W urtem burg ; Henry,
Prince of Prussia; Victor, Prince of Naples; William,
Marquis of Abergavenny ; Charles, Marquis of London­
derry ; Henry, Duke of Norfolk ; Algernon, Duke of
Northum berland; W illiam , Marquis of Northampton;
John, Earl of Kim berley and William, Earl of Sefton.
In the centre of the choir is the royal vault, where
repose the remains of Henry V III. Queen Jane Sey­
mour, Charles I. and an infant daughter of Queen
Anne ; on the north side of the altar are three royal
closets, one of which was built by Henry V III. for
Queen Anne Bolevn ; below are the iron gates said to
have been wrought bv Quentin Matsys, the painterblacksmith, of Antwerp, for the tomb of Edward IV.
of which only a black marble slab, inscribed “ King
Edward IV . and his Queen Elizabeth W idville,” now
remains, his armour and surcoat having disappeared
during tbe Civil War. North-west of the choir is the
Hastings chapel, built by Elizabeth, wife of William,
Lord Hastings, beheaded in 1483 and here buried ; it
is dedicated to St. Stephen, whose history is depicted
in four compartments, on the south side ; near it is a
monumental statue of Field Marshal William, Earl
Harcourt G .C.B. d. 18 June, 1830. The windows in
the north aisle commemorate Edward IV. and his
Queen, the Rutland
(Manners) family and the
Hanoverian sovereigns of the G arter ; here are also
the tombs of the Hon. and R ight Rev. Fred Keppel
D.D. Bishop of Exeter, ob. 1778 ; Dr. Samuel Pratt,
Dean of Rochester, ob. 1723, and others. A t the east
end of the south aisle is the Lincoln chapel, containing
the monuments with effigies of Edward, Earl of Lin­
coln, Lord High Adm iral, ob. 1584. Lower down is a
floor stone inscribed to George, Duke of Bedford and
his wife ; a chapel built in 1522 by John Oxenbridge,
Canon of Windsor, and still more to the west, a chapel
built by Dr. Oliver K in g, Bishop of Bath and Wells,
ob. 1492, and known as the Aldworth chapel, from its
containing memorials to that fam ily, for m any years
lessees of Frogm ore; Bishop K in g is buried here, as
well as Bruno Ryve, Dean of Windsor, and author of
“ Mercurius Rusticus,” ob. 13th July, 1677, and Francis
Junius, jun. the critic, who died at the house of his
nephew, Isaac Vossius, at Windsor, 19th Nov. 1677.
At the west end of the south choir aisle, on the north
side, is a table monument of marble, with four basreliefs in panels, erected by the late Queen in 1859,
to her aunt the Duchess of Gloucester, who died 30th
April, 185 7. In the retro-choir are memorials to
Theodore Raridue esq. ob. 1724, Sir Jeffrey W yatville
(formerly W yatt), the architect of Windsor Castle