Robert Chaloner (priest)

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Robert Chaloner
Canon of Windsor
SeeChurch of England
Installed1589
Term ended1621
Orders
Ordination3 November 1592[1]
Personal details
Born1548
Died1621

Robert Chaloner DD (1548–1621)[2] was a Canon of Windsor from 1589 to 1621.[3]

Career[edit]

He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford where he graduated BA 1566, MA in 1569, BD in 1576 and DD in 1584. He was appointed:

  • Rector of Fleet Marston, Buckinghamshire 1566
  • Rector of Agmondesham 1576

He was appointed to the twelfth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1589, and held the stall until 1621. In his will, he left money which was used to found Dr Challoner's Grammar School in Amersham.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "Warm hands, warm heart". 15 November 2019.
  2. ^ "History Of Dcgs – Dr Challoner's Grammar School". www.challoners.com. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  3. ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle