George Chandler (priest)

[1] Chandler was Bampton Lecturer in 1825, and Chairman of the Committee appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK) of General Literature.

[3] Between 1825 and 1847, Chandler was Rector of All Souls Church, Langham Place, Marylebone, Middlesex, and from 1830 to 1859 was Dean of Chichester.

[4] At the establishment of the Chichester Literary and Ecclesiological Society in February 1831, Chandler accepted the office of President and delivered the inaugural lecture.

[7] The records and muniments were damaged during the civil war after the siege of Chichester, with the cathedral library itself nearly being sold off in London.

[11] However Chandler refused to sanction the restoration of the choir, on the grounds that the architectural knowledge was not sufficiently advanced!

[12] In the north transept of Chichester Cathedral, there was the parish church (or sub deanery) of St Peter the Great; its presence was possibly due to the cathedral being moved in 1075 from the Saxon see in Selsey to the site of the original St Peter's church in Chichester, hence the sharing of the property.