Gentleman of the Chapel Royal explained

Gentleman of the Chapel Royal is the office of an adult male singer of the Chapel Royal, the household choir of the monarchs of England.^[1]

Notable appointees by century

15th

• Gilbert Banester
• Robert Fayrfax
• William Newark

16th

• John Bull
• William Byrd
• Thomas Causton
• Richard Edwardes
• Richard Farrant
• Edmund Hooper
• William Hunnis
• William Mundy
• Thomas Palfreyman
• Robert Parsons
• John Sheppard
• Robert Stone
• Thomas Tallis

17th

• Ralph Amner
• Elway Bevin
• John Blow
• William Child
• Henry Cooke
• Christopher Gibbons
• Orlando Gibbons
• John Gostling
• William Heather
• Pelham Humfrey
• Robert Jones
• Henry Lawes
• John Lenton
• Matthew Locke
• Francis Pigott
• Henry Purcell
• Thomas Day
• Thomas Tomkins
• William Turner
• Michael Wise

18th

• Edmund Ayrton
• Richard Bellamy
• William Croft
• Richard Elford
• Luke Flintoft
• John Sale
• William Savage
• John Stafford Smith
• John Weldon

19th

• William Beale
• William Hayman Cummings
• Charles Smart Evans
• William Hawes
• William Knyvett
• Edward Lloyd
• Henry Wylde Sr

20th

• James Bowman

Notes and References

1. Book: The Chapel Royal: Gentlemen. 279–287. Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837. University of London. R O Bucholz.