Launcelot Percival
| Full name | Launcelot Jefferson Percival | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 22 May 1869 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Clifton, Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 June 1941 (aged 72) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Woking, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Clifton College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Trinity College, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | John Percival, father | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Forward | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1888–1892 ? 1890–? |
Oxford University RFC Rugby Barbarian F.C. |
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1891–1893 | England | 3 | (2) |
Launcelot Jefferson Percival KVCO (22 May 1869 – 22 June 1941) was an Anglican priest who in addition to various parish posts served in the Ecclesiastical Households of Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, King George V, King Edward VIII and King George VI.
Percival was also a noted sportsman in his early adult life and was an international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Oxford University and Rugby. Percival played international rugby for England and was an original member of invitational team, the Barbarians.
Percival was born in Clifton, Bristol in 1869 to John Percival and Louisa Holland. He was educated at Clifton College, of which his father was headmaster. Percival followed his father later in life when he matriculated to Trinity College, Oxford, as after leaving Clifton, John Percival had taken the role of President of Trinity College.
Percival left university with a master's degree and took Holy Orders. By 1899 he was resident chaplain to the Bishop of London, and on 28 February 1899 he was appointed an Honorary Priest in Ordinary to Queen Victoria, his first entry into the monarch's Ecclesiastical Household. By 1905 he was also rector of St James's Church, Fulham and on 3 November he was promoted to Priest in Ordinary to the king. In 1910 he became the rector of St Mary's, Bryanston Square in London. On 6 January 1922 he was appointed Precentor of the Chapel Royal, and on 6 February 1923 domestic chaplain to the king. On 3 March 1924 he was appointed Chaplain of the Venerable Order of Saint John. In 1931 Percival was made Deputy Clerk of the Closet (and sub-almoner), and on 20 July 1936 was reappointed to the post after the accession of Edward VIII and again on 2 March 1937 under George VI after Edward's abdication. In the 1936 New Year Honours he was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. In 1937 he was appointed Precentor of the Chapel Royal for the second time, this time he held the post until his death in 1941. He was succeeded by Revd Wallace Elliott.
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