Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor

Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor is an office of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom which dates from the mid-sixteenth century. From 1905 he has been controlled by the Constable of Windsor Castle, having formerly been responsible to the Dean of Windsor. Since 1906 the Governor has always been a senior retired officer.^[1]

The Governor has charge of the Military Knights of Windsor.

List of Governors of the Military Knights of Windsor

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to 1771: Sir William Wittewronge

c.1820: Colonel Thomas Bassett

1842: Major Charles Moore

1867: Major Sir John Paul Hopkins

1892: His Grace the Duke of Argyll, KT GCMG GCVO PC 1892-1906

1906: Major-General Edward Henry Courtney^[2]

1913: Major-General Carteret Walter Carey^[3]

1932: Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Kavanagh, KCB KCMG CVO DSO

1951: Major-General Sir Edmund Hakewill-Smith, KCVO CB CBE MC

1978: Major-General Sir Peter Gillett, KCVO CB CBE

1989: Major-General Sir Peter Downward, KCVO CB DSO DFC

2000: Major-General Sir Michael Hobbs, KCVO CBE

2012: Lieutenant-General Peter Pearson CB CBE^[4]

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