John E Handcock, Esq, CVO, DL

Career: admitted slr 1954; sr ptnr Lovegrove and Durant of Windsor, Slough and Ascot (subsequently Lovegrove & Eliot of Windsor and Egham) 1966-95, conslt 1995-99; pres Berks, Bucks and Oxon Incorporated Law Soc 1979-80, dir Solicitors' Benevolent Assoc 1981-88, pt/t chm Social Security Appeals Tbnls 1992-2000; Nat Assoc of Round Tables of GB and NI: chm Thames Valley Area 1964-65, memb Nat Cncl 1966-68, nat exec convenor Rules and Special Purposes 1968-70; chm Berks Bucks and Oxon Prof Cncl 1981-82; govr: Upton House Sch Windsor 1965-99, St George's Choir Sch Windsor Castle 1975-96; capt lay stewards St George's Chapel Windsor Castle 1992-2010 (dep capt 1977-92), tstee Prince Philip Tst for Windsor and Maidenhead 1977-2007 (hon sec 1977-2002); pres Windsor and Eton Operatic Soc 1961-, hon slr River Thames Soc 1962-2002 (life memb 1986, vice-pres 2003-06), pres Windsor Advsy Centre 1970-2011, patron Windsor and Eton Sea Cadets 1994-, life pres Windsor Local History Gp 2002, pres Friends of King Edward VII Hosp 2004-; Paul Harris fell Rotary International 1994; Freeman City of London 1984, Liveryman Worshipful Co of Spectacle Makers 2002 (Freeman 1984); Citoyen d'Honneur de la Ville Royale de Dreux 1976

Books and Publications: The Institute that Became an Institution: The History of the Royal Albert Institute and its Trust (2005), The Rotary Club of Windsor and Eton: The First 75 Years 1931-2006 (2006)