Clerk of the Closet

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The College of Chaplains of the Ecclesiastical Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom is under the Clerk of the Closet, an office dating from 1437. It is normally held by a diocesan bishop, who may however remain in office after leaving his see. The current Clerk is the Lord Bishop of Guildford, the Rt Rev'd Christopher Hill. The Deputy Clerk of the Closet, a new office dating only from 1677, is the Domestic Chaplain to the Sovereign, and Sub-dean of the Chapel Royal, and is the sole full-time clerical member of the Household.

The Clerk of the Closet is responsible for advising the Private Secretary to the Sovereign on the names for candidates to fill vacancies in the Roll of Chaplains to the Sovereign. He presents Bishops for Homage to the Sovereign; examines any theological books to be presented to the Sovereign; and preaches annually in the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. He receives a salary of £7 a year.

[edit] List of Clerks of the Closet

• Rt Rev'd Christopher Hill, Bishop of Guildford 2005-
• Rt Rev'd Jonathan Bailey, KCVO, Bishop of Derby 1997-2005
• Rt Rev'd John Waine, KCVO Bishop of Chelmsford 198-1997
• Rt Rev'd John Bickersteth, KCVO Bishop of Bath and Wells 1979-1989
• Rt Rev'd Gordon Fallows, KCVO Bishop of Sheffield 1975-1979
• Rt Rev'd Roger Wilson, KCVO Bishop of Chichester 1963-1975
• Rt Rev'd Percy Herbert, KCVO Bishop of Norwich 1942-1963
• Rt Rev'd Cyril Garbett, GCVO Bishop of Winchester 1937-1942
• Rt Rev'd Thomas Strong, GBE Bishop of Oxford 1925-1937
• Rt Rev'd Hubert Burge, Bishop of Oxford 1918-1925
• Rt Rev'd William Boyd-Carpenter, KCVO Bishop of Ripon 1903-1918
• Rt Rev'd Randall Davidson, KCVO Bishop of Rochester 1891-1903
• Rt Rev'd Henry Philpott, Bishop of Worcester 1865-1891
• Rt Rev'd John Graham, Bishop of Chester 1849-1865
• Rt Rev'd Edward Stanley, Bishop of Norwich 1837-1849
• Rt Rev'd Robert Carr, Bishop of Chichester 1827-1837
• Rt Rev'd George Pelham, Bishop of Exeter 1815-1827
• Rt Rev'd William Jackson, Bishop of Oxford 1813-1815
• Rt Rev'd Richard Hurd, Bishop of Worcester 1781-1808

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• Sir Edward Petre S.J. 1685-93
• Rt Rev'd John Earle, Bishop of Worcester 1660-1665