Richard Sleech

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Richard Sleech (died 2 March 1730) was a Canon of Windsor from 1722 to 1730. [1]

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Life

Richard Sleech was the son of Edward Sleech, organist of Eton College. He was educated at Eton and at King's College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1698, MA in 1701, DD in 1720. He was a Fellow of King's from 1697. [2]

He was appointed:

He was appointed to the sixth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1722 and held this until he died in 1730.

He was buried in the chapel at Windsor on 4 March 1730.

Family

Sleech's children included:

Notes

  1. ↑ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
  2. ↑ "Sleech, Richard (SLC693R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ↑ "Sleech, Stephen (SLC723S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ↑ "Sleech, John (SLC729J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. ↑ "Sleech, Henry (SLC741H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  6. ↑ "Weston, Stephen (WSTN682S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  7. ↑ W. M. Jacob, ‘Weston, Stephen (1665–1742)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 26 June 2014
  8. ↑ "Hawtrey, Charles (HWTY706C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

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