Windsor People

Theodore Randue, Esq., Keeper of Windsor Palace, Windsor Castle, in the reigns of Charles II, King James, King William, Queen Anne and King George, who died April 30, 1724, age 82.

He began his life of service with Henry Duke of Gloucester in exile; he was made Page to the Bedchamber by Charles II in 1660 and Keeper of the King’s House in 1673.

He bequeathed, by his last will, the sum of £6400 to public charities, the particulars of which are inscribed on his tomb.

In his will (dated 5th February 1724) he bequeathed £500 “to buy or build a house for the School”. A house in Church Lane was purchased and additional land behind this was taken in from the church yard. The total cost of the new school which was completed about 1725 or 1726 amounted to £510.0.8

A great Windsor benefactor Aldermen and Chamberlain.