Coronation of the British monarch on Christmas Day, possibly in imitation of the Byzantine emperors, and John's was on Ascension Day. Elizabeth I consulted her astrologer, John Dee, before deciding on an auspicious date. The coronations of Charles II in 1661 and Anne in 1702 were on St George's Day, the feast of the patron saint of England. Under the Hanoverian monarchs in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it was deemed appropriate to extend the waiting period to several months, following a period of mourning for the previous monarch and to allow time for preparation of the ceremony. In the case of every monarch
John Tudor (minister) John Tudor (minister) R. John Tudor (8 February 1930 - 29 October 2009) was an English Methodist minister. He is considered the last of what were called the 'Mission Men' in Methodism. Tudor was a son of the manse, born in Northampton in 1930. His father was the Rev C. Leonard Tudor, who was for many years the General Secretary of the Home Mission Division of the Methodist Church. Tudor was educated at Clee Grammar School for Boys in Cleethorpes and later at Manchester University before joining the Royal Air Force. He trained for the Methodist Ministry at Hartley Victoria