John Handcock, Windsor ‘institution’ with an encyclopaedic knowledge of the Royal Borough – obituary He was involved in numerous organisations and played a notable role in celebrating royal jubilees and important wedding anniversaries John Handcock arriving for the annual Garter ceremony at Windsor Castle, circa 2000 John Handcock, who has died aged 90, was one of Windsor’s most prominent citizens, the long time Secretary of the Prince Philip Trust Fund for the Royal Borough, Captain of the Lay Stewards at St George’s Chapel, and hailed as “an institution [who] probably knows more about Windsor than anyone”. Born in Reading on October 7 1930, his father was an optician, while his mother, Gladys was a co-founder of Upton House School in 1936, John being one of their first 10 pupils. He went on to Haileybury and Imperial College Junior School, Aldenham, gaining an LLB at King’s College, London.