Epsom College patron, which relationship with British monarchs has continued ever since; King Edward VII after the death of his mother, King George V, King Edward VIII in 1936, King George VI from 1937, and then the current Queen until the present. Its long-standing association with medicine was estimated in 1980 as having helped almost a third of its 10,000 alumni enter that profession. It was founded in 1855 to provide support for poor members of the medical profession. Funding for such a bold undertaking proved inadequate to the task, resulting in a reduced number of buildings and therefore insufficient space to
Edward Keble Talbot also appointed one of the chaplains to King George V. He continued as chaplain to Edward VIII and to George VI; he stepped down from the post in 1945. He died on 21 October 1949; he never married. Edward Keble Talbot Edward Keble Talbot (31 December 1877 – 21 October 1949) was an English Anglican priest, who was the Superior of the Community of the Resurrection, a religious community for men in Mirfield, West Yorkshire. Talbot was the son of Edward Stuart Talbot, the first Warden of Keble College, Oxford, who later became Bishop of Rochester, Bishop of Southwark and