C8. OBE CHAPEL
1. SCREEN PANELS AMT
On the Chapel screen panels are Grisaille paintings on glass by Brian Thomas of King George V and Queen Elizabeth II. The text on the panels reads: (Left) ‘The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire was founded in 1917.’ (Right) ‘This Chapel of the Order of the British Empire was dedicated in 1960.’
2. CREIGHTON MEMORIAL SLAB RH
The slab lies on top of the grave of Mandell Creighton (1843–1901), historian and Bishop of London (1897-1901). Creighton was married to the author and future women's suffrage activist Louise Creighton, and the couple had seven children. The Creightons were passionately interested in the education of children and together wrote over a dozen school history primers. A man of complex intelligence and exceptional vigour, Mandell Creighton was emblematic of the Victorian era both in his strengths and in his failings.