St George's House (Windsor Castle)

St George's House, the organisation, takes its name from the building of that name in close proximity to and associated with St George's Chapel within the perimeter of the Castle. It belongs to the College of Canons, founded in 1348 and is where participants are hosted for the duration of consultations on given topics. The organisation brings together thinkers from different disciplines and roles in British society with the purpose of investigating means of overcoming some of the major challenges in contemporary society through dialogue.http://www.stgeorgeshouse.org/about-us/our-vision/>

The Vicars' Hall is part of the premises used for consultations. Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor is claimed to have received its first ever performance in the Vicars' Hall, (built in 1415) in front of Queen Elizabeth I, in 1597, for the festival of the Order of the Garter, though specific evidence for this seems lacking.[https://www.stgeorgeshouse.org/society-leadership-fellows/general-information/ detail on St George's House website]{{cite book|last=Craik |first=T. W. (ed.) |editor-last=Shakespeare |editor-first=William |title=The Merry Wives of Windsor |year=2008 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-953682-5 |page=3 |chapter=Introduction}}

The Council of St George's House comprises the Representative Knights of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Dean and Canons of Windsor and other members.{{cite web|title=Companies House filing, UK Gov|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03597496/officers|website=Companies House|publisher=.gov.uk|accessdate=9 October 2016}}

• The Princess Royal, KG, KT, GCVO, GCStJ, QSO, GCL, CMM, CD, ADC(P)
• The Duke of Abercorn, KG

• The Rev Canon Dr Hueston Finlay
• The Rev Canon Martin Poll
• The Rev Canon Dr Mark Powell

• The Rt Hon The Baroness Blackstone, PC
• The Rt Hon The Lord Curry of Kirkharle, CBE
• Mr David Darsch
• Ms Katie Ghose
• The Rt Rev Dom Christopher Jamison, OSB
• Lt Gen Phil Jones, CB, CBE, DL
• Dame Mary Marsh, DBE, FRSA
• Mr John Newbegin
• The Rt Hon The Baroness Northover, PC
• The Rev and Rt Hon The Baroness Sherlock, OBE
• The Rt Hon Dame Caroline Spelman, DBE
• The Rt Rev Graham Usher, Bishop of Norwich
• The Rt Hon The Lord Waldegrave of North Hill, PC

St George's House hosts around 60 events for leaders from across society each year.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stgeorgeshouse.org/consultations/|title = St George's House :: Consultations}} Previous consultations have taken place with Help Rescue the Planet (2012),{{cite web|title=Help Rescue the Planet|url=https://helprescuetheplanet.com/st-georges-house-consultations/|website=Help Rescue the Planet|accessdate=9 October 2016}} the Airey Neave Trust on countering violent extremism (2014),{{cite web|title=Airey Neave Trust|url=http://www.aireyneavetrust.org.uk/st-georges-house-consultation-countering-violent-extremism-post-arab-spring|website=Airey Neave Trust|accessdate=9 October 2016}} and with the Corsham Institute and RAND Europe (2016).{{cite web|title=RAND Europe|url=http://www.rand.org/randeurope/about/news/2016/corsham-institute-thought-leadership-programme.html|website=RAND Europe|accessdate=9 October 2016}}

The Annual Lecture was established in 1978 and is sponsored by Rio Tinto. The first lecture was given by Mr Kingman Brewster, then Ambassador of the US in London.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stgeorgeshouse.org/lectures/|title=St George's House :: Lectures}} The 2016 Lecture was given by Dr Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury.{{cite web|title=Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03597496/officers|website=Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead|publisher=.windsor.gov.uk|accessdate=9 October 2016}}

The Elson Ethics Lecture is supported by Ambassador Edward Elston to promote discussion and debate on issues of an ethical and moral nature. The 2016 Elson Ethics Lecture was given by the Baroness Manningham-Buller LG DCB, former Director-General of MI5, the Security Service.{{cite web|title=Ethics and Intelligence|url=http://www.stgeorgeshouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/THE_ETHICS_OF_SPYING_AL2015_Approved_Transcript.pdf|website=St George's House|accessdate=9 October 2016|ref=stgeorgeshouse.org}}

The Society of Leadership Fellows was established in 2016 to recognise the 50th anniversary of the founding of St George's House {{Cite web|url=http://www.stgeorgeshouse.org/society-leadership-fellows/|title=Society of Leadership Fellows}}

St George's House, the Dean of Windsor, and Prince Philip are prominently featured, albeit in a fictionalized series of events, in the seventh episode of the third series of the Netflix series The Crown, "Moondust".{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/the-crown-recap-season-3-episode-7-moondust.html|title = The Crown Recap: Failure to Launch|date = 18 November 2019}}

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