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Eton.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

the chancel being alm ost entirely r e b u ilt ; but the
b uilding as it now exists con stitutes only the choir of
the church projected by Henry V I. and was com pleted in
1476 by W illiam of W aynflete, the first bead m aster, and
afterw ards Bishop of W in ch ester; it is 175 feet in
length, 90 feet high and 40 feet wide, and consists of
ante-chapel, chapel and north porch, w ith a sm all vestry
adjoining, th e whole con stitu tin g a fine specim en of
Perpendicular w o rk ; there are tu rrets at the angles
w ith curious added cupolas and the b uilding is su r­
rounded b y a pierced parapet w ith p in n acles; it was
considerably altered in 1759 at a cost of £ 1,9 0 0 ; in
1769 the ante-chapel was repaired and the whole interior
was restored in 1847-9 under the direction of M r. Deeson ;
in the course of the work, th e walls of the five western
bays on both sides of the choir were found to be covered
w ith p aintin gs executed between 1479 and 1487 and in ­
tended to exem plify the gracious protection afforded by
the Blessed Virgin, the patroness of the college, to her
votaries in all ages and c o u n trie s ; the upper portion of
rhese, declared by the la te G. E. S tre e t esq. R .A . to be
the finest frescoes y e t discovered in England, was alm ost
wholly destroyed and the rem ainder is now hidden behind
the stalls. The chapel was fu rth er restored at a later
d a te under the direction of H. W oodyer e s q .; all the
windows are s ta in e d ; t h e ' great east window was pre­
sented by the boys in 1847 at a cost of £2,000; two
others in the ante-chapel are m em orials to Etonians who
fell in the C rim ean W ar and ix m em orial windows were
contributed b y the B ev. John W ilder M .A. fellow of
E ton College, who also caused the reredos and the whole
east end to be d eco rated ; the two easternm ost windows
on either side of the choir were contributed by the assist­
ant m asters and M r. W . A. C a rte r; another window was
given by the Ven. E dw ard Balston D.D. head m aster
1862-8, and Mrs. B alsto n ; at the w est end of the chapel
is a m em orial screen of Caen stone, designed b y th e late
G . E. Street esq. R .A . richly carved w ith coats of arms
and adorned w ith m em orial brasses to those officers who
were killed during th e A fghan and South African cam ­
paigns, and unveiled on Commemoration Day (June 5,
1882) by His la te M ajesty K in g E dw . V II. then Prince
of W ales. In Jan. 1895, an inscribed brass was placed
near th e organ screen by his brother officers to Lieut.
F.
Hervey, who fell 23 Feb. 1894, at M edina C reek, W est
Africa, d urin g the G am bia E xp ed itio n ; there are also
brasses to S ir Joseph Barnby, precentor of E ton College,
1875-92, d. 1896; to H arry M artin Sandbach, who died
in A frica, and to L ieu t. G renfell, 21st Lan cers, who fell
m the cavalry charge at Om durm an in 1898. The colours
of the 14th (Prin ce of W ales’ Own) regim ent w ere de­
posited here in X877. In the ante-chapel are m arble
statues of K in g H enry VI. by Bacon, and Provost Goodall,
b y W e e k e s ; th at of Provost Thom as M urray is in the
c h ap el; there is also a black m arble slab w ith singular
inscription to Sir H enry W otton, am bassador to Venice
and provost of Eton (1639)» a m em orial to Sir H enry
S avile, provost, and warden of M erton College, Oxford,
ob. 19 F ebruary, 1622, and a cenotaph w ith recum bent
m arble figure of the Rev. E dw ard Craven H awtrey, pro­
vost from 1853, who died Jan u ary 27, 1862; in 1893
a m onum ent was erected by old Etonians to the late
Ven. Archdeacon Balston D.D. who died in 1891, con­
s istin g of a recum bent m arble effigy on an altar tomb
of stone and alabaster.
The ante-chapel and other
parts of the buildin g contain a large num ber of brasses
of the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, in cludin g those
of Dr. Thom as B arker, elected provost in 1489; H enry
Bost, provost 1503; Roger Lupton, provost 1536, and
founder of S edburgh school, N . WT. Y o r k s ; and Richard,
Lord G rey, 15 2 1; there is also a th ree-quarter effigy of
Thom as E dgcom b, fellow and vice-provost of Eton,
1545, in academ ical dress w ith inscription in Latin
v e r s e : the figure is palim psest, the reverse showing
portions of an earlier inscription : the brass, w ith effigy
and inscription to E lizabeth, wife of Robert Stokys, 1560,
is also, as regards the inscription, a palim psest, the
reverse h avin g an inscription to W alter H augh, 1505,
and his w ives, M argaret and I s a b e l; in Novem ber,
1894, a m em orial tab le t was erected on the w all of the
porch to the south-w est door of th e ante-chapel to the Rt.
Rev. H enry John C h itty H arper D.D. Bishop of C h rist­
ch u rch , N ew Zealand, who died at C h ristch u rch on
Dec. 28, 1893 ; a sm all statue of W illiam of W aynflete.
placed in a niche on the outside of the west w all, and
erected b y Sussex Etonians, was unveiled June 5, 1893 :
the chapel w ill seat about 700. In 1891 a new supple­
m entary chapel was erected in K eate’s lane ; it is of
stone in the Perpendicular style, and consists of an em ­
b attled nave or choir w ith pinnacles and a small
octagonal tu rre t at each angle, and w ill seat 450.
Eton M ontem .— This ancient and singular annual cere­
m ony was abolished in 1847; the 4th of June, George

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I I I .’s birthday, is now the great gathering-day of old
Etonians and is m arked bv a procession of boats to
S u rley.
G overning Body of Eton College.
Provost, Rev. Edm ond W arre D .D ., D .C .L ., C .B ., C.V.O
chairm an
Vice-Provost, Francis W arre C ornish M .A
Fellows.
The Provost of K in g ’s College, Cam bridge
T h e V iscou n t Cobham M .A
Francis W a n e Cornish M .A. vice-provost
The E arl of H alsbury P .C ., F .S .A
V iscou nt Ham bleden
T h e E arl of Rosebery K .G ., K .T ., P .C
A lfred J. B u tler D .L itt. Fellow & B ursar of Brasenose
C ollege, Oxford
W alter D urnford M .A . Vice-P rovost of K in g 's Colleve.
Cam bridge
Cecil Lubbock M .A
S ir H enry A. M iers D .Se., F .R .S . P rin cipal of the
U niversity of London
S ir H. B abin gton Sm ith K .C .B
The G overning Body are the Provost & Fellows
Conducts, R ev. H arold Sydney Vin n ing M .A. & Rev.
H arold Irth in g W ilson M .A
Precentor & M usical In stru ctor, Basil Johnson B .A
Stew ard of the Courts, Sir F. A lbt. Bosanquet M .A ..K .C
D epu ty Stew ard of the Courts, H. A . C arter
Bursar, H. C. H ollw ay-Calthrop
School F un d A ccountant, P. A . Macindoe C .A
A uditor, Sir W illiam Plender F .C .A
C lerk to the G overn in g Body, H. B. Dyke, Eton College
Head M aster, Rev. the Hon. E dw ard Lyttelton D.D
Lower M aster, F ran cis H ay Rawlins M .A
Keeper of the M useum , M atthew Davenport H ill M.A.,
F .Z .S . Science
A ssistan t M asters, Henry B roadbent M .A. Classics;
A nnesley Ashw orth S om erville M .A. Mathematics
& F ren ch ;
John H ugh M ontague
H are M.A.
C lassics ; Thom as Cunningham Porter M .A ., D.Sc.,
F .C .S .,
F .R .A .S .,
F .P h .S .,
M .R .I.,
F.R .P.S.
S cien ce; H ugh M acnaghten M .A . C la ssics; Hubert
Brinton M .A. C la ssic s; A rth u r Conolly G age Heygate
M .A. C la ssics; Robert Penrice Lee Booker M .A ., F.S.A.
C la ss ic s; Richard Stephen K in dersley M .A . Classics;
R eginald Saum arez de H avilland M .Â. M athem atics;
A rth u r M urray Goodhart M .A ., M us.B. C lassics;
L ionel Stan ley R ice B yrn e M .A . G erm an & French;
E dw ard W ellington Stone M .A. C la ss ic s; Philip Vere
Broke B .A. M ath em atics; C y ril M owbray W ells B.A.
C la ssics; Ernest L. C h u rch ill B .A . C la ssics; William
Douglas E g g ar M .A. Science ; A llen B eville Ramsay
M .A . C la ssic s; M atthew D avenport H ill M .A ., F.Z.S.
Science & K eeper of the M useum ; C laren ce Henry
K en n ett M arten M .A . H istory ; H ugh de Havilland
M .A ., F .L .S . S cien ce; A lfred E dw ard Conybeare M.A.
M ath em atics; V ivian Le Neve Foster M .A . Mathe­
m atics ; Algernon Cockburn Rayner-W ood M .A. French,
G erm an & C la ssic s; F rederick Eden Robeson M.A.
Classics,
French
&
G erm an ;
Thom as
Frank
C attle y M .A. C la ssics; Reym ond H ervey de Mont­
m orency
M .A.
F rench,
German.
&
Spanish;
Leonard Tódd M .A. M ath em atics; Francis Wellesley
Dobbs M .A. M ath em atics; A ym er W illiam W hit­
worth M .A . C la ssics; W illiam Theodore Douglas
Bodkin M .A. M athem atics ; H ugh M ichael Bland M.A.
French ; Rev. G eorge Jam eson C h itty M .A. Classics ;
John F oster Crace M .A. C la ssic s; A rchibald Magee
M cNeile M .A. 'M athem atics ; Edward Vere Slater
M .A. Classics ; Rev. Francis G ran ville Channon M.A.
M athem atics ;
G eoffrey W ycliffe
H eadlam
B.A.
C lassics & H isto ry; CuthbeTt H arold Blakiston M.A.
Classics ; Rev. C harles O liver Be van M .A. Classics ;
Clem ent Jam es M ellish A die M .A. French & German ;
Rev. Lionel B ethell T renchard C haffey M .A . French
& G erm an ; Rev. John Chaloner Chute M .A . Mathe­
m a tics ; A rth u r Charles Sheepshanks B .A . Classics;
W illiam H ope-JonesB .A. M ath em atics; Francis Robin­
son G ladstone Duckworth M .A . C lassics ; Hon. George
W illiam Lyttelton B .A . C la ssics; Richard Edward
Y o u n g B . . M ath em atics; Sam uel G urney Lubbock
M .A.
C la ssics;
H ugh
Kenyon
M arsden
M-A.
M ath em atics; E dw ard Foss Prior B .A . Classics;
Reginald M ontague W rig h t B .A . M ath em atics; Cyril
H ackett W ilkinson B .A . French & H isto ry; Andrew
Sydenham F arra r Gow M .A. C la ssic s; E dw ard L ittle­
ton Vaughan M .A . C la ssics; Charles R obert Leslie
F letch er M .A. C la ssic s; W alter W h ately-Sm ith B.A.
Science ; C vril Llew elyn Ford M .A. French *
G erm an ; F rederick D udley Hobbs B .A . French &
G erm an ; C yril B utterw ick B .A . Classics