Leonard Francis Tyrwhitt

Hon. Leonard Francis Tyrwhitt, MVO, OBE was a Canon of Windsor from 1910 to 1921

Early life

Tyrwhitt was born on 29 October 1863 as the seventh son of Sir Henry Thomas Tyrwhitt, 3rd Baronet and Harriet Tyrwhitt, 12th Baroness Berners. Among his siblings was Hon. Harry Tyrwhitt-Wilson Raymond Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 13th Baron Berners, Hugh Tyrwhitt, and Arden Tyrwhitt.
He was educated at Marlborough College, Magdalene College, Cambridge and Wells Theological College.

Career

He was appointed Vicar of Fenton, Staffordshire and served from 1897 to 1907. He also served as Rector of Rolleston on Dove, Burton-on-Trent and as the Hon. Chaplain to Queen Victoria. as well as Chaplain in ordinary to Queen Victoria and King Edward VII. During World War I, he served as Chaplain to the Forces from 1914 to 1919.
He was invested as a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in 1906, and was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire in 1919.
He was appointed to the eleventh stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1910, and held the stall until 1921.

Personal life

Tyrwhitt died, unmarried, on 7 July 1921 at a nursing home in Windsor after contracting trench fever in the War. His funeral was held at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle and was conducted by the Dean of Windsor and assisted by Canon John Neale Dalton, Canon Edgar Sheppard, Minor Canon B. S. Everett, and Minor Canon L. G. Reed.