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Win d so r .

BERKSHIRE.

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H anoverian sovereigns of th e G a r t e r ; here are also 1827; E dw ard, Duke of K en t, d. Jan. 23, 1820; the1 . Nov. 2, 18x0, C h arlotte, d. Oct.
the tom bs of the Hon. and R igh t Rev. Fred Keppel Princesses A m elia, <
D D. Bishop of E xeter, ob. 1778; Dr. Sam uel P ra tt, 6, 1828, and A ugusta, d. Sept. 22, 1-840, the Duchess
Dean of R ochester, ob. 1723, and others. A t the east of B runsw ick and several of the Royal children who
end of th e south aisle is th e Lincoln chapel, containing died in infan cy and K in g E dw ard V II. d. M ay 6th,
th e monum ents w ith effigies of E dw ard, E arl of L in ­ 1910. In the A lbert M em orial chapel above this toml>
coln, Lord H igh A dm iral, ob. 1584. Low er down is a house was buried A p ril 5, 1884, w ith splendid funeral
floor stone inscribed to G eorge, Duke of Bedford and rites. Prince Leopold, Duke of A lb an y K .G . who died
his w if e ; a chapel b u ilt in 1522 by John O xenbridge, suddenly at th e V illa Nevada, Cannes, on the 28th
Canon of W indsor, and still m ore to the west, a chapel M arch preceding, in his 3 1st y e a r; also A lb ert V icto r,
built by Dr. O liver K in g , Bishop of B ath and W ells, Duke of Clarence, eldest son of K in g E dw ard V II.
ob. 1492, ar.d known as the A ldw orth chapel, from its and Queen A lexan dra, d. 14th Jan. 1892. S hortly after
containing m em orials to that fam ily, for m any years the death of the Prince Consort H er M ajesty deter­
lessees of F ro gm o re; Bishop K in g is buried here, as m ined to restore th e chapel as a m em orial to her
well as Bruno R yve, Dean of "Windsor, and author of husband, and it now presents one of th e m ost splendid
“ M ercurius R u sticu s,” ob. 13th J u ly, 1677, and Francis interiors of any ecclesiastical buildin g in the w orld;
Juniu s, ju n . the critic, who died at the house of his the entire vaulted roof is covered w ith subjects worked
nephew. Isaac Vossius, a t W indsor, 19th Nov. 1677. in Venetian enamel m osaics by Dr. S alvia ti, th e nav©
A t the west end of the south choir aisle, on the north having angles bearing shields and heraldic devices and
side, is a table m onum ent of m arble, w ith four bas- the chancel other shields, w ith symbols of the P a ss io n ;
reliefs in panels, erected by the late Queen in 1859, the blank window occupying the entire w est end, over
to her aunt the D uchess of G loucester, who died 30th the entrance door, is sim ilarly treated, each space be­
tween th e m ullions being filled w ith a fu ll-len g th
A p ril, 1857. In the retro-choir are m em orials to
Theodore Randue esq. ob. 1724, S ir Jeffrey W yatville figure of som e illustrious person connected w ith St.
G
eorge’s c h a p e l; the stained windows round th e chapel,
(form erly W y a tt), the arch itect of W indsor C astle
thirteen in num ber, represent on the north and south
under G eorge IV. d. 18th Feb. 1840, and to M ajorsides, w ith their heraldic bearings, the ancestors of
G eneral Brudenell. Of th e tom b of H enry V I . nothing
the Prince Consort from W itekind the G reat, A.D .
rem ains but his arm s upon an arch. T h e Chapter
803; the five windows in th e chancel illu strate various
house, in which is preserved the sword of Edward
subjects in H oly W r i t ; the w all under th e windows
III. is placed at th e north-east angle of the north
is en tirely inlaid w ith m arble work, consisting of a
chcir aisle, where also a door com m unicates w ith the
series of Scrip tural subjects, those in the nave being
Dean’s cloisters, which contain a num ber of m ural
chosen from the Old Testam ent, w hile those in th e
tablets and inscribed flagstones. A t the w estern end
chancel represent various incidents of Our Lord’s
of St. G eorge’s chapel is th e grand entrance, flanked
P assion ; these m agnificent pictures are produced by
by octagonal tu rrets risin g above the r o o f; a broad a process of etch in g on m arble and are th e work of
d ruble flight of steps descends to th e area in its front, Baron H enry de T riq u eti, who died in 1874; above
which is enclosed by the Horseshoe cloisters and the each picture is placed a bas-relief in w hite m arble
houses of the m inor c an o n s; these buildings, erected of a member of the Royal fam ily, sculptured by Miss
tem p. Henry V III. and since extensively restored, are Susan D urant, who died in 1873, and below runs a
p icturesquely constructed of brick and tim ber and are wall-bench of dark green m arble, beneath w hich ex ­
arranged in the form of a fetterlock , the favourite tends a series of bronze grilles bearing Royal m onogram s
badge of Edwai d IV. On the north side of th e grand and b a d g e s ; the m arble flooring, an incom parable
entrance to the chapel, in a little grass plot, is buried w ork of its k in d, is the work of Messrs. Poole and
Prince A lam uyu, son of Theodore K in g of Abyssinia, Sons, and includes numerous varieties of rich ly-tin ted
to whose m em ory an inscribed brass was placed by m arbles, arranged in diamonds and circles. A t the
Her late M ajesty w ithin the c h a p e l; over th e place of east end of th e chapel is a cenotaph, consisting of an
his interm ent rises
a tall cross
of stone. altar
Th e old
tom b of m arble, exquisitely sculptured by the late
organ of St. G eorge’s chapel has been rem odelled and Baron T riq ueti and supporting a full-sized recum bent
altered from an F to a C in stru m en t; the new arran ge­ figure of th e Prince Consort, in white m arble, clad in
m ent com prises choir sw ell, great and solo organs w ith arm our covered with the m antle of th e G arter and
pneum atic action and four m anuals.
w earing the collar and G e o r g e ; the head of th e P rin ce
Opening from th e cloisters, a covered w ay, passing rests upon a pillow supported by angels, and at his
the east end of St. G eorge’s chapel, leads to the feet lies his favourite hound, E6s, w hile he him self in
A lb ert chapel, origin ally b uilt by H enry V II. as a dying sheaths his fallin g sw o rd ; statuettes of the
burial place for him self, b ut abandoned in favour of late Queen, w ith other figures, surround th e sides of
W estm inster
A b b ey;
Cardinal W olsey
afterw ards
the tom b, on the upper m argin of which is the in ­
obtained a grant of it from H enry V III. and began scription follow in g: “ A lbert, the Prince Consort, born
the erecti in of a m agnificent tom b therein for his A u g u st 26th, 1819; died Decem ber 14th, 1861. Buried
own in term en t; this costly stru ctu re was dem olished in the Royal Mausoleum at Frogm ore. 1 have fough t
in the C ivil W ar, A p ril 6, 1646, and its im agery of a good fig h t; I have finished m y course.” In the
g ilt copper sold for .£600; nothin g then rem ained but chapel at the w est end is another altar-tom b to H .R.H .
the sarc iphagus of black m arble, which in 1805 was the Duke of A lbany K .G . fourth son of th e la te Queen
transferred to St. P aul’s and placed above th e tom b V icto ria, who died 28 M arch, 1884, w ith his effigy in
of Lord Nelson in th e crvpt. On th e accession cf white m arble, in th e uniform of the Seaforth H ig h ­
Jam es I I ., Antonio Verrio, the fam ous Neapolitan landers, sculptured by the late S ir J. E . Boehm bart.
artist, was em ployed to decorate th e ceilin g w ith R A. and in the centre of the chapel is the altar tom b
allegorical p aintings, and th e building was fitted up of H .R .H . the Duke of Clarence and Avondale K .G .,
for the perform ance of C ath o lic r ite s ; in 1742 it was K .P . eldest son of K in g Edward V II. who died 14 Jan.
used as a scho 1-house and was subsequently converted 1892, w ith his recum bent effigy in bronze. The reredos
by K in g G e a g e III. in 1810 into a tom b house for is a m agnificent work designed by th e la te S ir G. G.
h im self and his descendants, for w hich purpose an S cott R .A . and com prises a base of richly-coloured
excavation
as m ade in the chalk rock beneath the m arbles supporting three canopied panels, containing
chapel to the depth of 13 feet, the len gth and breadth bas-reliefs in Sicilian m arble, by Baron T riq u eti, and
Th e com m union
table is
being 7 ) feet and 28 feet respectively, corresponding surm ounted by a cross.
w ith the dimensions of the b u ild in g ; th e receptacles form ed of a single slab of Levanto m arble.
for b idi ‘S <n the sides of th e tom b are form ed by
The office of Governor and C onstable of W indsor
m assive ictag >nal colum ns of B ath stone, supporting C astle is one of great an tiquity and h on o u r; th e first
four ranges of stone shelves, ad m ittin g on each side governor, or “ castellan ,” W alter F itz O ther, or de
32 bodies; at the east end are five niches and in the W indsor, an ancestor of the de W indsors, E arls of
by the Conqueror. The
centre tw elve lo v stone tables are placed to receive Plym outh, was appointed
the rem ains of sovereign s; the sepulchre w ill thus p resent governor is His H ighness th e Duke of Teck
contain 81 In d ies; from th e colum ns a vaulted stone G .C .B ., G .C .V .O ., C .M .G . A large portion of the castle
roof supp ts the floor above; the entrance to this is alw ays open to v isitors, and th e state rooms can be
solemn resting-place is in front of the altar steps in seen in the absence of the C ourt, on Mondays, W ed­
S t. G eorge’s chapel. In 1873, H er late M ajesty Queen nesdays, Thursdays, Saturd ays and Bank H olidays; 011
V ictoria pe -•■
* «nally inspected th e cham ber by means of the sam e days and tim es the A lb ert M em orial chapel
a narro
flight of steps constructed at the back of is also o p e n ; th e Round Tower is open on th e same
the a lt a r ; am ong the royal personages here interred days, b ut is closed durin g the w in ter m o n th s; St.
are G eorge III. d. Jan. 29, 1820; G eorge IV . d. June G eorge’s chapel m ay be viewed on week days, Fridays
excepted, durin g th e sum m er m onths from 12.30 to 3,
26, 1830; WMliam IV. d. June 20, 1837; Queen Char
lo tte, d. Nov 77, 1818; Queen A delaide, d. Dec. 2, and d urin g the w in ter m onths from 12.30 to 4 ; the
north terrace is open d a ily ; th e east terrace on Sun1 8 4 9 ; F rederick, Duke of Y ork and A lban y, d. Jan. 5,