William Cookson (priest)

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William Cookson (died February 1820) was a Canon of Windsor from 1792 to 1820. [1]

Dean and Canons of Windsor ecclesiastical body of St Georges Chapel at Windsor Castle


The Dean and Canons of Windsor are the ecclesiastical body of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

Career

He was educated at St John’s College, Cambridge. [2]

He was appointed:

He was appointed to the eighth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1792 and held the canonry until 1820.

St Georges Chapel, Windsor Castle Church in Windsor, England

St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England, is a chapel designed in the high-medieval Gothic style. It is both a Royal Peculiar, a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch, and the Chapel of the Order of the Garter. Seating approximately 800, it is located in the Lower Ward of the castle.

Notes

  1. Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
  2. "Cookson, William (CK772W2)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.


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