The Chapel Royal at Hampton Court

Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837. Originally published by University of London, London, 2006.

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'The Chapel Royal at Hampton Court', Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837, (London, 2006), pp. 315-316. British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11/pp315-316 [accessed 24 June 2024].

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Chapel at Hampton Court 1703–1837

The chaplain at Hampton Court was appointed by the lord chamberlain. (fn. 1) At the end of the eighteenth century his salary was £40 per annum. (fn. 2) The organist was established in 1831 at £50. (fn. 3)

Chaplain at Hampton Court 1703–1786

1703 17 July Cawthorne, R.
1715 13 Feb. Croxall, S.
1752 28 Apr. Black, J.
[?1761] Lillington, R.

Reader and Preacher at Hampton Court 1740–?1778

1740 7 Aug. Tilson, G.

Chaplain, Reader and Preacher at Hampton Court 1786–1837

1786 7 Nov. Keet, J.
By 1788 Burton, J.
[?By 1793] Small, J. A.
1793 11 Oct. Wesley, G. V.

Organist 1831–?

1831 26 Nov. Fitzgerald, W.

Household Chaplain at Kensington c. 1708–1837

Under George III the household chaplain at Kensington made £50 per annum. By 1836 his fee had risen to £100 and his tenure was for life. (fn. 4)

By 1708 Prat, B.
By 1721 Blakewy, R.
1736 7 July Ward, R.
1756 1 June Dinsdale, J.
By 1774 Thompson, S.
1805 8 Oct. Wetherall, J.
1833 24 Sept. Jackson, J.

Chaplain at Somerset House 1764–1781

By 1764 Bruce, L.

Footnotes

  • 1. See LS 13/204, f. 46v. However, this was disputed with the dean of the chapel royal in 1752: see NCB, p. 93.
  • 2. CJ [1802], p. 777.
  • 3. LC 3/70, p. 66.
  • 4. AO 1/421/202; Shelburne MSS no. 125, p. 187; LC 3/72, pp. 90–91.