Richard Sleech

Richard Sleech D.D. (d. 2 March 1730) was a Canon of Windsor from 1722 to 1730.[1]

Family

He was the son of Edward Sleech, organist of Eton College.

His son, Stephen Sleech, also entered the church,[2] and followed his father as Rector of Farnham Royal.

Career

He was educated at King's College, Cambridge where he graduated BA in 1698, MA in 1701, and DD in 1720.

He was appointed:

  • Assistant Master and Fellow of Eton College 1715
  • Rector of Hitcham 1702 - 1730
  • Chaplain to the Bishop of Ely 1721
  • Rector of Farnham Royal 1721 - 1730

He was appointed to the sixth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1722 and held this until he died in 1730.

He was buried in the chapel at Windsor on 4 March 1730.

Notes
  1. Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
  2. W. M. Jacob, ‘Weston, Stephen (1665–1742)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 26 June 2014
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