Edgar Sheppard
James Edgar Sheppard KCVO (1845 - 30 August 1921) was a Canon of Windsor from 1907-1921[1]
Family
He was born in 1845 in Worcestershire, the son of Dr Edgar Sheppard, Professor of Psychology at King’s College, Cambridge.[2]
He married Mary Peters White, daughter of Richard White of Instow, in 1874, and they had two sons and one daughter. Their eldest son was Arthur Montagu Sheppard (born 1 October 1879). Their youngest son was Dick Sheppard (born 2 September 1880), who followed his father into the church.
Career
He was educated at St John’s College, Oxford and graduated in 1873.
He was appointed:
- Minor Canon of Windsor 1878 - 1884
- Priest in ordinary to Queen Victoria 1882 - 1884
- Sub Dean of the Chapels Royal and Chaplain to the Household at St James Palace. 1884
- Chaplain to the Duchess of Cambridge 1885 - 1889
- Hon. Chaplain to Queen Victoria 1886 - 1900; to the Duke of Cambridge 1889 - 1904, and to King Edward VII 1901 - 1909
- Permanent Reader and Chaplain of the Chapel Royal, Whitehall 1886
- Chaplain, Order of St John of Jerusalem 1894
- Deputy Clerk of the Closet 1903 - 1910
- Sub Almoner 1910
- Domestic Chaplain to King George V and Queen Alexandra 1910
He was appointed to the ninth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1907, a position he held until 1921. He was awarded KCVO in the King's Birthday honours in 1914.[3]